2 quotes by Maurikios Chartoularios (-), Byzantine (General)

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Maurikios Chartoularios

The Slavs like liberty; they cannot bear unlimited rulers, and are not easily brought to submission

See also {612345} for a contemporary description of the Slavs.

Maurikios Chartoularios

For everyone of them has his own mind and none wants to yield to the other. Because they have many princes who quarrel among themselves, it would benefit us to play one against the other whether through negotiation or through gifts, especially those who live in the border zone

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Nationality: Byzantine
Profession: General, Rebel

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Maurikios Chartoularios, Latinized as Mauricius Chartularius (died 643 at Ravenna), was a Byzantine official and general, and later rebel in Italy.

MAURIKIOS CHARTOULARIOS

(Mauricius Chartularius)