Note 58 — V. A SERVILE WAR IN THE EAST.
J. Sutherland (John Sutherland) Black translation
The very precise details of this war occasionally include notices of meteorological facts. In the beginning of December 880 the troops (in about 30° 30′ N. lat. and near sea level) suffered in violent rain from bitter cold. In December 883 so thick a fog prevailed that a man could hardly distinguish his neighbour in the ranks.