The Battle As Reported By Thietmar
The only more or less contemporary account of the battle is chapter 19 of the second book of Thietmar of Merseburg's Chronicon, consisting of three sentences:
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| Interea Hodo, venerabilis marchio, Miseconem, inperatori fidelem tributumque usque in Vurta fluvium solventem, exercitu petivit collecto. Ad cujus auxilium pater meus comes Sigifridus, tunc juvenis necdumque conjugali sociatus amori, venit solum cum suis, et in die sancti Johannis Baptistae adversus eum pugnantes, primoque vincentes, a fratre ejusdem Cideburo, exceptis tantum comitibus prefatis, omnes optimi milites interfecti oppecierunt in loco, qui vocatur Cidini. Hac de fama miserabili inperator turbatus, de Italia nuncios misit, precipientes Hodoni atque Miseconi, si gratiam suimet habere voluissent, usque dum ipse veniens causam discuteret, in pace permanerent. | Meanwhile, the honorable margrave Hodo attacked duke Miseco, who loyally paid tribute to the Emperor for the lands up to the Vurta, with an army. To his aid came alone my father lord Sigifrid, then an unmarried juvenile, with his, and on the day of John the Baptist they fought against him, and first were victorious, since his brother Cidebur, except for the aforementioned great lords, slew all the best warriors at the site called Cidini . Disturbed by this miserable story, from Italy the emperor sent orders to Hodo but also Miseco, that by his graciousness, until he arrived himself to investigate the case, they were to remain peaceful. |
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