• Thumbnail for Siege of Dorostolon
    (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...
    6 KB (591 words) - 18:28, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shield-maiden
    Byzantine Varangian Guard) had suffered a devastating defeat in the Siege of Dorostolon, the victors were stunned to discover armed women among the fallen...
    18 KB (2,162 words) - 08:12, 13 October 2024
  • 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)...
    178 KB (20,200 words) - 09:45, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Immortals (Byzantine Empire)
    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...
    5 KB (627 words) - 17:19, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vladimir the Great's Polish Campaign
    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...
    28 KB (3,034 words) - 20:38, 30 October 2024
  • 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...
    3 KB (380 words) - 02:18, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Byzantine battles
    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...
    17 KB (1,767 words) - 17:48, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kourkouas
    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...
    3 KB (358 words) - 18:39, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Varangian Guard
    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...
    40 KB (4,789 words) - 23:30, 23 October 2024
  • 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...
    7 KB (705 words) - 00:46, 10 October 2024