Battle of Achelous (917)
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The Battle of Achelous or Acheloos, also known as the Battle of Anchialus, took place on 20 August 917, on the Achelous river near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, close to the fortress Tuthom between B
Bulgarian troops seizing Adrianople
Zoe of Byzantium and her son, emperor Constantine VII
The oath of the Byzantine soldiers on the eve of the battle
The Bulgarian victory at Anchialus
First Bulgarian Empire
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The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern and southeastern Central Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after a group of Bulgars,
Battle of Achelous (917)
…Anchialus, took place on 20 August 917, on the Achelous river near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, close to the fortress Tuthom (modern Pomorie) between Bulgarian and Byzantine forces. The Bulgarians obtained a decisive victory which not only secured the previous successes of Simeon I, but made him de facto ruler…
Part of the Pliska fortress
Khan Krum defeats the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I in the battle of the Varbitsa Pass, Manasses Chronicle
Column fragment with inscription about the victorious campaigns of Khan Malamir
Emperor Simeon I: The Morning Star of Slavonic Literature, painting by Alfons Mucha