Basarab Defeats Hungarians
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Walachia, Balkans, Romania
- Date: November, 1330
Article abstract: Basarab defeats the Hungarians, establishing the resurgence of the indigenous Wallachian people, but ongoing strife between Hungary and the Danubian principalities ultimately weakens both, making them vulnerable to Turkish conquest.
Summary of Event
Dacia, the area of southeastern Europe that was later to become part of modern Romania, was by the first century c.e. part of the Roman Empire, although later overrun by the Goths and other barbarian tribes that caused the Romans to abandon the Dacian colony in 271 c.e. The original...
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