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Topic: Riade, Battle of
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Riade, Battle of

Years: 933 - 933

The Battle of Riade or Battle of Merseburg is fought between the troops of East Francia under King Henry I and the Magyars at an unidentified location in northern Thuringia along the river Unstrut on March 15, 933.

The battle had been precipitated by the decision of the Synod of Erfurt to stop paying an annual tribute to the Magyars in 932.

Recorded by the Saxon chronicler Widukind of Corvey, it is a morale-boosting victory for the East Franks.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)