The Bulgarians, now under Kievan sponsorship, attack …
Years: 971 - 971
The Bulgarians, now under Kievan sponsorship, attack the empire in 971, and Emperor John leads his forces against their capital, captures the puppet tsar installed by Sviatoslav, and forces them to recognize Constantinople’s suzerainty.
Following their success at Preslav, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Hungarian people
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
Topics
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
- Bulgaria, Byzantine conquest of
- Dorostolon, Siege of
