Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest ter
Statue of Simeon I in Vidin
Simeon I's army defeating the Byzantines, led by Procopius Crenites and Curtacius the Armenian in Macedonia. From the Madrid Skylitzes.
The Bulgarians routing the Byzantine forces at Bulgarophygon in 896. From the Madrid Skylitzes.
The Bulgarian victory at Anchialos, Madrid Skylitzes.
The Preslav Literary School, also known as the "Pliska Literary School" or "Pliska-Preslav Literary school" was the first literary school in the medieval First Bulgarian Empire. It was established by
A column remaining from the Throne Hall at Preslav
Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander