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Peak of Stefan Dušan's Serbian Empire
Around 1355, the empire under Serbian tsar Stefan Dušan reached its territorial and political peak, covering Serbia, Macedonia, most of Albania, and …
Timeline
- 1355South-central Balkan Peninsula · BalkansBy early 1355, Dušan's empire stretched from south of the Danube deep into southern Greece, encompassing vast territories of Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, and northern Greece, making it the most powerful state in the Balkans at the time.
- 1355Thessaloniki · MacedoniaDušan assembled a large army preparing to attack Constantinople, intending to replace the weakened Byzantine imperial authority; the empire's military expansion reached its high point in 1355.
- 1355Devle · MacedoniaOn December 20, 1355, Dušan suddenly died of illness on campaign; his son Uroš V was unable to hold the vast empire together, and aristocratic fragmentation and territorial division soon accelerated, ending the era of Serbian hegemony.
Sources
- The Realm of the Slavs: Fragments of the Political and Cultural History of the Medieval Balkans — John V. A. Fine Jr. (1991)
- Medieval Serbia: The Making of an Empire — Simo M. Ćirković (2004)