The Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass was a series of battles between troops, gathered from all parts of the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor...
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Pliska (Bulgarian: Плиска [ˈpliskɐ], Old Bulgarian: Пльсковъ, romanized: Plĭskovŭ) was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle...
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Nikephoros I (category Roman emperors killed in battle)
invasion into Bulgaria, he suffered a defeat and was killed at the Battle of Pliska. According to several sources outside the Byzantine context, such as...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Staurakios (redirect from Sclavinic campaigns of Staurakios)
valley. The Bulgarians then attacked, starting the Battle of Pliska on 26 July 811, wherein much of the Byzantine army was destroyed, and Nikephoros was...
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Preslav Literary School (redirect from Pliska Literary School)
(Bulgarian: Преславска книжовна школа), also known as the "Pliska Literary School" or "Pliska-Preslav Literary school" was the first literary school in...
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Medieval Bulgarian army (redirect from Medieval Battles of the Bulgarian Army)
gold mines of Transylvania. Krum achieved major victories over the Byzantine Empire, annihilating the Byzantine armies in the battle of Pliska (811) and...
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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars (category Invasions of Europe)
others to the continuation of construction activities in and near Pliska. The war ended, however, when Slavs in the vicinity of Thessalonica rebelled against...
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First Bulgarian Empire (redirect from History of First Bulgarian Empire)
plundered and burned down the capital Pliska, but on the way back the Byzantine army was decisively defeated in the battle of the Varbitsa Pass. Nicephorus I...
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The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only...
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