Battle of Mesembria

Battle of Mesembria
Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
Date813/814
Location
Nesebar
Result Byzantine victory[1][2]
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
  • 1th Constantinople
  • Ongal
  • 1st Anchialus
  • 1st Marcellae
  • Rishki Pass
  • 2nd Anchialus
  • Litosoria
  • 2nd Marcellae

Krum's campaigns

  • Serdica
  • Pliska
  • Debeltos
  • Versinikia
  • 1st Adrianople
  • 2th Constantinople
  • Mesembria
  • Burdizon

Simeon I's campaigns

Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria

Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria

Uprising of Peter Delyan

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Second Bulgarian Empire

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.

References

  1. ^ Norwich 2023, p. 249.
  2. ^ Wasilewski T. Historia Bułgarii. — Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1983. — P. 49. — ISBN 83-0402466-7
  3. ^ Грего-Болгарские войны Sytin Military encyclopedia

Sources

  • Norwich, John (2023). The History of the Byzantine Empire: From the foundation of Constantinople to the collapse of the state. Moscow: КоЛибри. ISBN 978-5-389-19591-2.
  • Wasilewski T. Historia Bułgarii. — Wrocław: Ossolineum, 1983. — ISBN 83-0402466-7
  • Грего-Болгарские войны Sytin Military encyclopedia


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