Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
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The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire which began already in the late 5th century when the Bulgars defeated a 15.000 Roma
Clockwise from top-left: Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas; The Battle of Anchialus; Khan Omurtag; The rulers of Bulgaria and Byzantium negotiate for peace.
Menologium. Bulgarian pagans killing the Christians (Byzantines)
Krum assembles his army to defeat the Byzantines
Omurtag sends delegation to the Byzantines
Battle of Kleidion
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The Battle of Kleidion took place on 29 July 1014, between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire. It was the culmination of the nearly half-century struggle between the Byzantine Emperor Basil
Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
…state with its center around the town of Prespa. Near the end of his rule, the Byzantines regained the upper hand, and under Basil II they won the Battle of Kleidion and completely conquered Bulgaria in 1018. There were rebellions against Byzantine rule from 1040 to 1041, and in the 1070s and the 1080s, but these…
The Byzantines defeat the Bulgarians at Kleidion and Tsar Samuel becomes unconscious at the sight of his blinded army. Scene from the Manasses Chronicle.
South-eastern Europe c.1000. The Byzantine possessions and independent western Bulgaria are depicted. By that time, eastern Bulgaria was also in Bulgarian hands.