Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
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title:
Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
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From c. 970 until 1018, a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire led to the gradual reconquest of Bulgaria by the Byzantines, who thus re-established their control over the entire Balkan peninsula for the first time since the 7th-century Slavic invasions. The struggle began with the incorporation of eastern Bulgaria after the Russo-Byzantine War (970–971). Bulgarian resistance was led by the Cometopuli brothers, who – based in the unconquered western regions of
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Invasion of the First Bulgarian Empire (968–1018)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_conquest_of_Bulgaria
date created:
2009-04-29T17:20:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T21:57:25Z
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