In this they failed, and a subsequent expedition was bought off.
In 934 and 942 they raided the Eastern Empire, and were bought off under the very walls of Constantinople.
Generally speaking, the Transylvanians had only to appear, to have their demands promptly complied with; for these marauders had to be bought off because the emperor had more pressing business elsewhere.
The king of Castile finally bought off the claim of his English competitor by arranging a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine, daughter of John of Gaunt, in 1387.
The Phocian mercenaries at Thermopylae were bought off and Philip crossed into central Greece.
