Pecheneg Raids on Byzantium

Timeline

1. 1031–1035Danube River · Danube basinPecheneg tribes nomadized along the Danube's north bank, maintaining a tense standoff with Byzantium on the Thracian frontier; imperial border troops and local counts had to keep regular patrols to prevent small-scale raiding incursions.
2. 1036–1038Thrace · ThraceAround 1036 Pecheneg cavalry penetrated deep into the Thracian and Macedonian countryside to plunder; Byzantium was forced to dispatch Varangian Guards and border troops in response and to strengthen its chain of fortresses to curb nomadic raids.