Saxonia

Type:Elite presence
Certainty:Region
From:555
To:556
Original text:audivit a suis in iterata insania efferviscere Saxonis sibique esse rebelles, et quod tributa, quae annis singulis consueverant ministrare, contemnerent reddere. His incitatus verbus, ad eos dirigit. Cumque iam prope terminum illorum esset ...
Translation text:He [Lothar] was informed by his men that the Saxons were once more in wild ferment and were rebelling against him, for they were refusing to hand over the tribute which they had to pay every year. He was angry at what he heard and he marched against them. As soon as he came near to their territory ...
Persons:
RoleNameReason typeReason
KingChlotharConflict warCampaign against the Saxons
Publications:Wood 1994: 163

Sources

NameTitleReferenceFromTo
Gregorius, HistoriarumGregorii episcopi Turonensis historiarum libri decem4.14573594