possible historical record of a battle from the Schism War

Going through Wikipedia I came across an article on Zisa (goddess )
First attested in 11th century as saving Augsberg against Roman forces?

Could this instead be a folk memory of a Diedne maga who repelled an assault br Hermetic forces on the Diedne Covenant of Augsburg ?

PS the weird bit is Zisa/Cisa sounds so much like "Caeser"

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Or a member of the Order of Odin having a showdown against some hoplites.
Grimms theory that Zisa could be the consort of the Norse god Tyr can easily point that way.

Although I do like the Diedne connection.

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Was there an actual Diedne covenant at Augsburg? I'm not too familiar with the House. If so, I guess that could be an explanation. That being said, if you want to use that piece of lore in your campaign as an inspiration, given that a number of historians seem to believe the initial source to be anachronistic and hardly credible, my first thought for an alternative explanation is a local faerie re-enacting a (probably deformed) story about roman difficulties in conquering the province of Raetia. I would not place the faerie and associated temple in Augsburg itself - Augsburg was founded as a Roman colony so that would make no sense, but probably in the general area. A genii loci could always be a tool if you have a strictly local divinity that is not mentioned anywhere else, but I like that explanation less than the faerie one given the details of what I can find on wikipedia about Zisa.

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