Stelle … Peruersos Spanie uel diuersis uit...; (Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 2020), Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §67 (p. 369)) [5723]

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Text Chronica Anni 754 Vel Chronica Muzarabica (754 - 754) Anonymous - History
Quotation … Peruersos Spanie uel diuersis uitiis inplicatos ratibus appositis maria transuolat, fiscum ex diuersis occasionibus promtissime ditate, abstemius ex omni occulta datione perseuera, neminem nisi per iustitiam legis proprie damnat, expeditionem Francorum cum multitudine exercitus adtemtat. Deinde ad Cesaragustanam ciuitatem progrediens sese cum infinita classe aucte receptat, Sed ubi rebellionem Maurorum per epistolas ab Africa missas subito lectitat, nec mora quanta ptuit uelocitate Cordobam repedat, Transductinis promunturiis sese receptat, Arabes sine effectus ad propugnacula Maurorum mittens, nauibus prestolabiliter aduentatis, maria transnatat…
Translation …Having put boats in place, he deported over the seas the haughty of Spania and those implicated in various vices. He enriched the public treasury by various means, and continued more austerely and with every donation hidden. He punished no one except by due means through the justice of the law, and attempted an expedition against the Franks with the multitude of the army. So he moved to the city of Cesaragusta and came bolstered by an innumerable fleet. But when he suddenly read of the rebellion of the Moors through letters sent from Africa, he headed back to Cordoba as quickly as he could and came to the Transductine promontories. Sending Arabs to no effect against the defences of the Moors, he crossed the sea after the hoped for ships had arrived… (Al-Tamimi, trans., “The Mozarabic Chronicle”, 2019)
Summary Here the chronicle recounts the rule of Uqbah bin al-Hujjaj and his military campaigns against the Franks and to suppress a rebellion in Africa.
Quotation source Chroniques Anni 754, 2018 (Gil, ed.), §67 (p. 369)
Temporal Coverage 734 - 740
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