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Byzantine–Bulgarian War of Simeon
During the reign of Simeon I in the 10th century, the First Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire fought a prolonged war.…
Timeline
- 893–896Bulgaria · BulgariaByzantium relocated the Bulgarian merchants' market from Constantinople to Thessalonica; Simeon seized this opportunity to launch the war, initially gaining Bulgaria a military advantage over Byzantium.
- 913–917Thrace · ThraceSimeon exploited Byzantine domestic turmoil to raid deep into Thrace and the Greek heartland repeatedly, and in 917 at the Battle of Anchialus routed the main Byzantine force, approaching Constantinople.
- 919–927Preslav · BulgariaSimeon proclaimed himself emperor and confronted Byzantium for years; though he failed to take Constantinople, he forced the empire to recognize Bulgarian hegemony. Simeon died in 927, and his son Peter I made peace with Byzantium, bringing the war to an end.
Sources
- A History of the First Bulgarian Empire — Steven Runciman (1930)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan (ed.) (1991)