After him, Rostislav, his nephew, ascended the Great Moravian throne, and the nephew surpassed the uncle, exceeding him in both the wisdom of his rule and his heroism on the battlefield. He waged a b****y campaign against the Germans, and liberated the country from all subjection, which the Germans had imposed upon the land of Your Fathers. Nor did he busy himself solely with warring, for he likewise cared for the salvation of his people. For he summoned unto his country Cyril and Methodius, two brothers from the land of the Greeks, that they might traverse the country preaching unto the people and teaching the divine Word of Christ. And as they went about instructing the people, they gave ear to them as they spoke of great things, and of the wonders of God. And they toppled over all the p
