place
Romhány
also: Romhányon
A village in northern Hungary, site of the Battle of Romhány (22 January 1710), a Hungarian defeat in the Rákóczi War of Independence against the Habsburgs; the poet in Madách's fragment has just written a poem about this battle.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §17 Romhány
The Battle of Romhány (22 January 1710), a Hungarian defeat in the Rákóczi War of Independence; the poet has been writing a poem celebrating this battle, treating defeat as the occasion for patriotic commemoration.