Boris II is unable to stem the…

970 CE

Boris II is unable to stem the Kievan advance, and finds himself forced to accept Sviatoslav of Kiev as his ally and puppet-master, turning against the Greeks.

Bardas Skleros leads twelve thousand skilled soldiers in overcoming thirty thousand Russian invaders at Arcadiopolis near Adrianople, Bardas and his brother first triumphing in single combat.

Only a few Russians escape the battle, in which, according to a Greek historian, only twenty-five imperial soldiers had been killed.

Emperor John I Tzimiskes advances northwards.

Failing to secure the defense of the Balkan passes, …

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Constantinople Istanbul Turkey View →

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Bardas Skleros View → Boris II of Bulgaria View → Constantine VIII View → John I Tzimiskes View → Leo Phokas View → Peter I of Bulgaria View → Sviatoslav I of Kiev View →

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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Bulgarians (South Slavs) View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty View → Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of View → Bulgarian Empire (First) View →

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Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars View → Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria View → Bulgaria, Byzantine conquest of View →

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