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The Battle of Posada (November 9, 1330 – November 12, 1330)〔Djuvara, pp.19 – "''... marea bătălie zisă de la Posada (9-12 noiembrie 1330);''".〕 was fought between Basarab I of Wallachia and Charles I Robert of Hungary. The small Wallachian army led by Basarab, formed of cavalry and foot archers, as well as local peasants, managed to ambush and defeat the 30,000-strong Hungarian army, in a mountainous region near the border between Oltenia and Severin. The battle resulted in a major Wallachian victory and disaster for Charles Robert, becoming a turning point in the politics of Hungary, which had to abandon its hopes of extending the kingdom to the Black Sea. For Wallachia, the victory meant an increase in morale and the further evolution of the independent state. ==Background== Some historians claim that the Cumans aided the Wallachians in the battle. In 1324, Wallachia was a vassal of Hungary, and Robert referred to Basarab as "our Transalpine Voivode".〔Ghyka, p. 59.〕 The war started with encouragement from the Voivode of Transylvania〔Dlugosz, p. 278.〕 and a certain Dionisie, who later bore the title Ban of Severin.〔 In 1330, Robert captured the long disputed Wallachian citadel of Severin and handed it to the Transylvanian Voivode.〔 Basarab sent envoys who asked for the hostilities to cease, and in return offered to pay 7,000 marks in silver, submit the fortress of Severin to Robert, and send his own son as hostage.〔 According to the ''Viennese Illuminated Chronicle'', a contemporary account, Robert said about Basarab: "He is the shepherd of my sheep, and I will take him out of his mountains, dragging him by his beard." Another account writes that Robert said that: "...he will drag the Voivode from his cottage, as would any driver his oxen or shepherd his sheep."〔 The King's councillors begged him to accept the offer or give a milder reply, but he refused and led his 30,000-strong army deeper into Wallachia "without proper supplies or adequate reconnaissance".〔 Basarab was unable to stand a battle in the open field against a large army, due to the poor state of his troops, and he decided to retreat somewhere into the Transylvanian Alps. Robert entered Curtea de Argeş, the main city of the Wallachian state. He realised that Basarab had fled into the mountains and decided to give chase. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Posada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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