Battle of Versinikia
Military Conflict
Siege of Adrianople (813)...Empire with the Bulgarian khan Krum (Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars). It began soon after the Byzantine field army was defeated in the battle of Versinikia on June 22. At first the besieging force was commanded by Krum's brother (whose name is not... In this article: Siege of Adrianople, Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars, Battle of Versinikia, Danube, Balkans, and London |
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Prokopia
However the war with Krum continued and would bring the downfall of the imperial couple. On 22 June, 813, Michael lost the Battle of Versinikia. The Byzantine army was significantly larger that the Bulgarian but failed to use its...
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Battle of Versinikia
They even gave presents to the military commanders and invoked them to guard the Emperor and fight for the Christians. Development of the battle of Versinikia. The Byzantine army marched to the north but did not take any actions to take...
In this article: Michael I Rangabe, Leo V the Armenian, God, and Bulgaria
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Medieval Bulgarian Army
...centuries, Emperor Simeon the Great was able to lead in battle more than 60,000 soldiers. The Bulgarians crush the Byzantine army in the battle of Versinikia. Traditionally, the army's commander-in-chief was the ruler. The second in the...
In this article: Ivan Asen II, Bulgaria, Kaloyan, Simeon the Great, Basil II, Peter I, Theodore Svetoslav, and Peter IV
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Leo V the Armenian
...I Rangabe in 811, Leo became governor of the Anatolic theme and conducted himself well in a war against the Arabs in 812. Leo survived the Battle of Versinikia in 813 by abandoning the battlefield, but nevertheless took advantage of this...
In this article: Leo V the Armenian, Michael, Nikephoros I, Theodore the Studite, Michael I Rangabe, and Michael the Amorian
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Treaty of 716
...for more that half century. Despite the initial Byzantine successes in 792, 811 and 813 they suffered crushing defeats. A year before the battle of Versinikia in 813 Khan Krum offered the Byzantines to reestablish the Treaty of 716.
In this article: Justinian II, Bulgaria, Constantine IV, Battle of Anchialus, and Second Arab siege of Constantinople
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The Battle of Versinikia (Битката при Версиникия, Greek: Μάχη της Βερσινικίας) was fought in 813 between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire, near the city of Adrianople (Edirne) in contemporary Turkey.
Despite being vastly outnumbered the Bulgarians were victorious, resulting in the dethroning of Michael I Rangabe (811-813) by Leo V the Armenian. The battle was a major success and further strengthened the Bulgarian position after their decisive victory over Nicephorus I two years earlier. In fact, after the battle they de facto took control of the whole of Eastern Thrace (until the treaty of 815) with the exception of a few castles that remained in Byzantine control. For the first time in the Bulgarian history, the way to Constantinople was opened. Unfortunately for them, the great Khan Krum died in the height of the preparation for the final siege of the Byzantine capital on 13 April 814.
- Name:
- Battle of Versinikia
- Date:
- June 22, 0813
- Outcome:
- Decisive Bulgarian victory
- Location:
- between Malamirovo, Bulgaria and Odrin, Turkey
- Combatant:
- Bulgarian Empire
- Casualties:
- Heavy, tens of thousands
- Part of:
- the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Strength:
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- Small army,around 20-25 000
- Enormous army, 60-80,000
- Commander:
- Khan Krum
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