Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor
- Date: Intermittently 493-1364; major wars 756-775, 809-814, 894-924, 966-971, 991-1016, and 1185-1202
Article abstract: At issue: Control of the area south of the Danube River and the border between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian kingdom. Result: Bulgarians carve out a national homeland south of the Danube and, despite a long period of Byzantine reconquest, keep it until both are conquered by the Ottomans.
Background
The Danube was the northern frontier of the early Byzantine Empire. The Bulgars, a Turkic people related to the Huns, began raiding across it sporadically in 493. In the 670’s, however, the Bulgars were pressured by the Khazars to...
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