Roger II, king of Sicily M XII
῾Ρογέριος (Roger 17001)
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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