1. The Greek and the Biblical chronology

6. Mediaeval traces of the “ancient” Homer in the XIII-XIV century. The famous mediaeval Saint-Omer clan

The Trojan War is inseparable from the legendary name of Homer, who had presumably been the first to immortalize it in his epic poems. However, since the Trojan War is most likely to have taken place in the XIII century a.d., one should rightly expect the famous name of Homer to emerge somewhere in the epoch of the XIII-XIV century. Could it be that the name of the famous mediaeval poet hadn't left any trace in the history of this epoch? It had – and this is what we intend to relate below.

Let us conduct the following simple research. We shall once again turn to the Mediaeval History of Athens, a detailed and fundamental monograph that covers the epoch of I-XVII century a.d., written by F. Gregorovius ([195]). It contains a multitude of names belonging to rulers, heroes, warriors and so forth. The book contains a detailed alphabetical index, a study of which soon yields a name that was rather famous in the history of mediaeval Greece – that of Saint-Omer, or Saint Homer, no less! The Saint-Omer clan played a key role in the XIII century Italy and Greece. None of the above implies the author of the Odyssey and the Iliad to have necessarily belonged to the Saint-Omer clan; so far all we do is analyse the frequency of references to the name in mediaeval history.

We shall take a closer look at just what epoch we encounter the name of Saint Homer in. It turns out to be the period of 1200-1330 a.d. ([195]). We don't find any references to the name anywhere beyond this epoch. What we get is a unique frequency graph that peaks around 1200-1330 – very ostensibly so, and just once. Furthermore, it is widely known that the Saint-Omer clan had actively participated in the crusades ([195]); therefore, the Homers took part in the war of the XIII century a.d. - or were participants of the Trojan War, in other words. By the way, the name Homer may be derived from the Ottoman “Omar”.

Therefore it makes perfect sense to assume that some representative of this clan, a poet of the XIII-XV century, finally collected all of the Homer family lore that had to do with the XIII century war and compiled two gigantic epic poems: the Iliad and the Odyssey. This event must have taken place about a century after the end of the war the latest (even though Scaligerian history tries to convince us that it postdated the end of the war by four or five hundred years. It would be of interest to find out whether there were any blind representatives of the Saint-Omer clan (blinded in battle, perhaps?); we had no opportunity to find out. Gregorovius does in fact make the odd occasional reference to the “ancient Homer” - by no means identifying him as the mediaeval Saint-Omer, to be sure. However, from the Scaligerian point of view the “ancient” Homer couldn't have possibly been a mediaeval character, therefore he isn't even included in the name index at the end of the book.

One of the most famous representatives of the Saint-Omer clan is Marshal Nicholas Saint-Omer (possibly, Ottoman=Ataman Nicholas Saint Omar?), who was an actual participant of the war of 1311-1314 a.d., which may have served as part of the original of the “ancient” Trojan War and became reflected in the legend of the foundation of the Roman Kingdom in Italy by the descendants of the “ancient” Trojan Aeneas (the Biblical Noah?). In other words, the PRS (P-Russian) Charles of Anjou, qv above.

The Catalans invade Greece. “It appears that the Thebes made no attempt of resisting; nevertheless, they were looted as well as the treasure of Cadmea. The Saint-Omer castle fell prey to the first outbreak of the Catalan fury, which resulted in such devastation of the castle (it may have also been gutted by the fire) that it was never rebuilt in its former glory. The location of its owner, marshal Nicholas de Saint-Omer, at the time of the invasion remains unknown… he had built a new castle, also called Saint-Omer. Its ruins still exist under the name of Santameri. Nicholas III died on 30 January 1314, leaving his wife Guillerma without an heir… with his death, the famous clan of Saint-Omer disappeared from Greece forever” ([195], pages 210-211). It is therefore possible that the ruins of the Santameri castle still keep the memory of Homer, the great bard of the XIV century a.d., who could have been an Ottoman = Ataman by the name of Nicholas Saint Omar.

7. The famous rape of the Sabine women in the “ancient” Rome and the share-out of wives and daughters in early XIV century Greece. The foundation of Rome in Latinia and later the Italian Rome in the XIV century a.d.

7.1. The rape of the Sabines

Nearly every version of the Trojan = Tarquinian = Gothic War includes the important “legend of a woman”, one of them being the famous “ancient” legend of the rape of the Sabine Women, placed by Titus Livy in the early days of the Regal Rome, or the alleged VIII century b.c. ([482]). Let us recollect the story. A small group of Romans-to-be led by Romulus and Remus invades a foreign territory. They found the city of Rome; however, they haven’t got any wives. A communal feast is organized together with the inhabitants of neighbouring villages. The Romans use cunning and force to abduct the wives and daughters of the villagers, thus providing for the opportunity to procreate ([482]).

According to the results presented in fig. 3.1, this legend pertains to yet another phantom duplicate of the XIII century war, which is marked by a black triangle. However, since the original of the Trojan War is located in the XIII century a.d., one should expect to encounter the original of the legendary rape of the Sabines somewhere in this epoch – its mediaeval version, to be more precise, which might also contain a distorted rendition of facts.

Our presumption becomes validated before too long. We are already familiar with the fact that the mediaeval Franks and Goths can be identified as the “ancient” Trojans. In late XIII – early XIV century a.d. the Franks and the Catalans capture the Duchy of Athens ([195], page 211). We are informed of the following: “The victors shared out the castles and the estates, as well as the wives and daughters of the knights killed at Cephissus” ([195], page 212). It is most significant that the famous mediaeval battle of Cephissus has already been partially identified as the “ancient” battle of Cephissus that took place in the reign of Sulla, the Roman emperor, qv in Chapter 2 of Chron2. Let us provide the reader with a brief reminder of this superimposition, which was actually pointed out by F. Gregorovius, who nevertheless proved unable to use the data for making a corollary of any kind.

He does point out that the famous battle of Cephissus dating to 15 March 1311 a.d. is described in almost the same terms by the “ancient” Plutarch in his biography of Sulla, likewise the mediaeval sources of the XIV century. The geographical localizations of both battles, as well as many of the events that had preceded them, coincide almost completely. Gregorovius sums up as follows: “The fate of the Mithridates’ army, which was once chased into these swamps by Sulla, recurred on the banks of Cephissus” ([195], page 198). Bear in mind that the epoch of Sulla and Caesar is yet another phantom duplicate of the XIII century war that became recorded as the early days of the Second Roman Empire, qv in Chron1, Chapter 6.

In his detailed study of this mediaeval “sharing-out of wives and daughters” F. Gregorovius cannot help making the obviously pertinent comparison, pointing out the parallel between the “ancient” legend and the mediaeval event: “Attica and Boeotia had witnessed the rape of the Sabines [sic! - A. F.] recur… Each mercenary was given a wife in accordance with his rank; some would get wives distinguished enough to “render their new husbands unworthy of serving water for their morning toilette”; Muntaner tells us that the life of the Catalan party was looking just splendid, and the presence of common sense could allow them to reign over the conquered land for centuries on end. However, their numbers were too insignificant for filling the entire land, and they went so far as to invite their allies the Turks to settle in the duchy” ([195], page 212). Therefore, the Turks (TRK), or the Ottomans, reappear on the mediaeval = “ancient” historical arena. We see that this “ancient Rape of the Sabines” must have taken place in the XIV century a.d. and is known in mediaeval history as “the abduction of wives by the Catalans”. Let us sum up.

39a. The Franks and the Catalans founding a new duchy in the XIV century of the new era.

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   The battle of Cephissus (1311 a.d., qv in [195]).
   
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   The Franks and the Catalans are foreign invaders in Greece; they conquer the Duchy of Athens with a comparatively small party ([195], pages 198 and 211-212).
   
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   “The sharing-out of the wives and the daughters” of the conquered Greeks between the Catalan and Frankish victors in 1311 a.d.
   

39b. The “ancient” Greece. The foundation of Italian Rome by the descendants of Aeneas in the alleged VIII century b.c.

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   The war before the foundation of the “ancient” Rome around the alleged year 753 b.c. can be regarded as a phantom reflection of the mediaeval XIII century war. One more of its duplicates is the “ancient” battle of Cephissus under Sulla, in the alleged I century b.c.
   
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   The “ancient” Romans-to-be, headed by Romulus and Remus, conquer a new land where Rome shall eventually be founded. They are foreign invaders ([482]).
   
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   The famous “ancient” rape of the Sabines committed by the Romans for the sake of procreation.