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Basil, having in recent years of ruthless …
Years: 1014 - 1014
July
Basil, having in recent years of ruthless campaigning taken northern and central Bulgaria from Samuel, advances toward the tsar’s capital, Ochrida.
Overwhelming Samuel’s forces in the Battle of Belasitsa on July 29, 1014, Basil wins the crushing victory that gives him his byname, Bulgaroctonus, “Slayer of the Bulgars”.
At Basil's order, the Bulgarian prisoners (said to number between fourteen thousand and fifteen thousand) are blinded, leaving one eye to each hundredth man, so that the soldiers might be led back to their aged tsar, who faints from shock at the terrible spectacle and dies shortly afterward.
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- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Thessalonica, East Roman Theme of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Bulgarian Empire, First
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- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Bulgaria, Byzantine conquest of
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 981-1018
- Kleidion, Battle of
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Years: 1014 - 1014
July
Locations
People
Groups
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Thessalonica, East Roman Theme of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Bulgarian Empire, First
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Bulgaria, Byzantine conquest of
- Bulgarian-Byzantine War of 981-1018
- Kleidion, Battle of
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions