andoneoftheirboldestwarriorspresumedtostrikeabattle—axeintothegoldengate。TheartsandtreasuresoftheGreeksdivertedtheassault；buttheHungariansmightboast，intheirretreat，thattheyhadimposedatributeonthespiritofBulgariaandthemajestyoftheCaesars。^34TheremoteandrapidoperationsofthesamecampaignappeartomagnifythepowerandnumbersoftheTurks；buttheircourageismostdeservingofpraise，sincealighttroopofthreeorfourhundredhorsewouldoftenattemptandexecutethemostdaringinroadstothegatesofThessalonicaandConstantinople。Atthisdisastrousaeraoftheninthandtenthcenturies，EuropewasafflictedbyatriplescourgefromtheNorth，theEast，andtheSouth:theNorman，theHungarian，andtheSaracen，sometimestrodthesamegroundofdesolation；andthesesavagefoesmighthavebeencomparedbyHomertothetwolionsgrowlingoverthecarcassofamangledstag。^35[Footnote30:SeeKatona，Hist。DucumHungar。p。321—
352。]
[Footnote31:Hungarorumgens，cujusomnesferenationesexpertaesaevitium&c。，istheprefaceofLiutprand，l。i。c。2，whofrequentlyexpatiatedonthecalamitiesofhisowntimes。Seel。
i。c。5，l。ii。c。1，2，4，5，6，7；l。iii。c。1，&c。，l。v。c。
8，15，inLegat。p。485。HiscolorsareglaringbuthischronologymustberectifiedbyPagiandMuratori。]