Roger II, king of Sicily M XII
῾Ρογέριος (Roger 17001)
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Narrative
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Unassigned Activities
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Death
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Reached the end of his life
... τὸ ζῆν καταστρέψαντος. Kinnamos 118.23
Description
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Rebel ruler of Sicily
Σικελίας τυραννῶν. Kinnamos 37.15, 67.15, 98.15-16 etc.
An active and ambitious man, clever in making contrivances and skilled in stirring up what had seemed settled
δραστήριος δὲ ἄλλως καὶ ῥέκτης ἀνήρ, δεινός τε πράγματα ῥάψαι καὶ τὰ καθεστῶτα κινῆναι δεξιός. Kinnamos 89.10-11
Behaved inhumanely to the people of Bari, as is the habit of tyrants
ἀπανθρώπως αὐτοῖς ὁποῖα τοῖς τυραννοῦσιν εἴθισται προσφερόμενον. Kinnamos 140.19-23
Dignity/Office
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Count of Sicily
κόμητας. Kinnamos 89.9
King of Apulia
ῥὴξ Λογγιβαρδίας. Kinnamos 89.15-91.15
King of Sicily
rex Sicilie. William of Tyre bk. 11, 21.10
ὁ τῶν Σικελῶν ἀρχηγέτης. Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 118.21
regis. William of Tyre bk. 19, 11.54
Education
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Second Name
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Kinship
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father of
Anonymus 17029
(παιδί). Kinnamos 91.18
father of
Roger 101
(filium). Odo of Deuil 10
father of
William 51
(παῖς). Kinnamos 118.23
(filium). William of Tyre bk. 18, 2.18, bk. 19, 11.54
kin (by blood) of
Bohemond 61
consanguineo. William of Tyre bk. 14, 9.30
son of
Adelaide 4001
filio. William of Tyre bk. 11, 21.3-5
son of
Roger 4003
(pater). William of Tyre bk. 14, 9.33
uncle of
Robert 17001
(ἀδελφιδοῦς). Kinnamos 136.3-4
Language Skill
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Location
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Capua
expelled
Robert 17003
from Capua Καπύης. Kinnamos 37.17-18
Corinth
plundered Corinth Κόρινθον. Kinnamos 92.11, 174.7
Euboea
plundered Euboea Εὔβοιαν. Kinnamos 92.12, 174.7
Gravina
had driven
Alexandros 17001
out of Gravina Γραβίνης. Kinnamos 67.15-16, 135.16
Kerkyra
captured Kerkyra Κέρκυραν. Kinnamos 92.15-17
Longibardia
without a battle recovered Longibardia Λογγιβαρδίας. Kinnamos 91.4
Sicily
became king of Sicily Sicilie. William of Tyre bk. 13, 19.36
was ruler of Sicily Σικελῶν. Basilakios, Orationes et epistulae 118.21
Thebes (Greece)
plundered Thebes (Greece) Θήβας ... τὰς Βοιωτικάς. Kinnamos 92.12
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Religion
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Eunuchs
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