(Drustur/Dorostorum). Emperor John proceeded to lay siege to Dorostolon, which lasted for 65 days. His army was reinforced by a fleet of 300 ships equipped with Greek fire...
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Byzantine Varangian Guard) had suffered a devastating defeat in the Siege of Dorostolon, the victors were stunned to discover armed women among the fallen...
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of Capua (969) Siege of Avellino (969) Siege of Antioch (971) – Arab–Byzantine wars Siege of Dorostolon (971) by the Byzantines Siege of Nisibis (972)...
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Immortals (Byzantine Empire) (category Guards units of the Byzantine Empire)
battles before Preslav and during the Siege of Dorostolon. The unit was commanded by a domestikos, as with most of the other tagmata (the professional standing...
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Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign (category Military history of Kievan Rus')
fortress of Dorostolon (Silistra). The next year, Sviatoslav left with part of his army to counter a Pecheneg attack on his capital. The Siege of Kiev happened...
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Anemas (died 971) (category Byzantine people of Arab descent)
went on to fight in a number of engagements during the Siege of Dorostolon. According to Leo the Deacon, during a sally of the besieged Rus', Anemas personally...
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970 – Battle of Arcadiopolis 970–971 – Siege of Dorostolon 971 – Battle of Alexandretta 986 – Battle of the Gates of Trajan 994 – Battle of the Orontes...
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Romanos, Domestic of the Schools of the East, killed in the Siege of Dorostolon John I Tzimiskes (c. 925–976), grandson of Theophilos Kourkouas, Byzantine...
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Varangian Guard (category Guards units of the Byzantine Empire)
assistance from Vladimir I of Kiev to help defend his throne. In compliance with the treaty made by his father after the Siege of Dorostolon (971), Vladimir sent...
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Deacon testify that Sphangel (as he was known to them) met his death at Dorostolon the same year, the Slavonic chronicles mention Sveneld's activities several...
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