Byzantine campaigns against Serbia

Name: Byzantine campaigns against Serbia
Start: 1161
End: 1169

Type Event Region Europe Time 1161–1169

In the 1160s Byzantine emperor Manuel I repeatedly campaigned in Serbia to restore suzerainty over the Raška principalities and curb local separatism.

Timeline

1162–1163Raška · SerbiaManuel I exploited infighting among Serbian principalities, backing pro-Byzantine rulers such as Tihomir, in an attempt to bring Raška into the empire's vassal system.
1166–1167Serbian interior · SerbiaByzantine forces penetrated deep into Serbia to punish rebel vassals such as Stefan Nemanja, at one point capturing Nemanja and taking him to Constantinople, but he was later released and continued resisting.

Sources

The Realm of the Slavs: The Rise and Fall of the Serbian Empire — Simo M. Ćirković (2004)
A History of the Byzantine State and Society — Warren Treadgold (1997)