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Quotation from The Alexiad by Anna Komnene
“For the whole of the West and all the barbarian tribes which dwell between the further side of the Adriatic and the pillars of Heracles, had all migrated in a body and were marching into Asia through the intervening Europe”
The Alexiad, Book X, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes
Anna describes the news of the First Crusade reaching Alexios, which proved greater than the rumors.
Citation: "For the whole of the West and all the barbarian tribes which dwell between the further side of the Adriatic and the pillars of Heracles, had all migrated in a body and were marching into Asia through the intervening Europe" — Anna Komnene, The Alexiad, Book X, trans. Elizabeth A. S. Dawes. (id anna-komnene-alexiad-q4)
Portrait: Anna Komnene (cropped), Unknown, Public domain.
