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Byzantine Annexation of Bulgaria (1018)
In 1018, after Tsar Ivan Vladislav was killed in battle and Bulgarian resistance collapsed, Byzantine Emperor Basil II incorporated the First Bulgari…
Timeline
- 1018Dyrrhachium · AlbaniaTsar Ivan Vladislav was killed near Dyrrhachium; Bulgarian military resistance quickly collapsed, and local nobles surrendered to Byzantium one after another.
- 1018Constantinople · TurkeyBasil II promulgated administrative arrangements in Constantinople, dividing former Bulgarian territories into Byzantine themes and granting limited autonomy to surrendered nobles; the First Bulgarian Empire formally ended.
- 1018Preslav · BulgariaByzantium established administrative and ecclesiastical institutions in former Bulgarian capitals such as Preslav, consolidating control over Macedonia and Thrace; eastern the Balkans entered a period of direct Byzantine rule.
Sources
- John Skylitzes, Synopsis of Histories — John Skylitzes https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-publications/books/skyllitzes
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan (1991)