Battle of Mesembria
Battle of Mesembria | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Leo V | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Very heavy[3] | Light |
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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
Early wars
- 1st Constantinople
- Ongal
- 1st Anchialus
- 1st Marcellae
- Rishki Pass
- 2nd Anchialus
- Litosoria
- 2nd Marcellae
Krum's campaigns
- Serdica
- Pliska
- Debeltos
- Versinikia
- 1st Adrianople
- 2nd Constantinople
- Mesembria
- Burdizon
Simeon I's campaigns
- War of 894–896
- Boulgarophygon
- War of 913–927
- Achelous
- Katasyrtai
- Pegae
- 3rd Constantinople
Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
- 1st Arcadiopolis
- Dorostolon
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
- Trajan's Gates
- 1st Thessalonica
- Spercheios
- Skopje
- 2nd Thessalonica
- Kreta
- 3rd Thessalonica
- Kleidion
- Strumitsa
- Bitola
- Setina
- Dyrrhachium
- 4th Thessalonica
- 5th Thessalonica
- Ostrovo
- Lovech
- Tryavna
- 2nd Arcadiopolis
- Serres
- Varna
- Klokotnitsa
- 2nd Adrianople
- Uprising of Ivaylo
- Devina
- Skafida
- Rusokastro
The Battle of Mesambria was a battle between the Byzantines and the Bulgarians during the war of Khan Krum. In this battle, during the night attack, the Byzantines under the command of their Emperor Leo V almost completely defeated the Bulgarians.
Sources
- Norwich, John (2023). The History of the Byzantine Empire: From the foundation of Constantinople to the collapse of the state. Moscow: КоЛибри. p. 249. ISBN 978-5-389-19591-2.
- Wasilewski T. Historia Bułgarii. — Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1983, p. 49. — ISBN 83-0402466-7
- Грего-Болгарские войны Sytin Military encyclopedia
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- ^ Norwich 2023, p. 249.
- ^ Wasilewski T. Historia Bułgarii. — Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1983. — P. 49. — ISBN 83-0402466-7
- ^ Грего-Болгарские войны Sytin Military encyclopedia