Battle of Achelous

When

20 Aug 917

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.64° N, 27.64° E

Description

917 battle, part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars

Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian wars

The Battle of Achelous or Acheloos, also known as the Battle of Anchialus, took place on 20 August 917, on the Achelous river near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, close to the fortress Tuthom between Bulgarian and Byzantine forces.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “(20 August 917) the Bulgarians destroyed the Byzantine army in the Battle of Anchialus, one of the bloodiest battles in the Middle Ages”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Achelous Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Zar Simeon der Große von Bulgarien marschiert in Thrakien ein und schlägt in der Schlacht von Anchialos die Byzantiner unter Kaiser Konstantin VII. und Leon…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le tsar Siméon de Bulgarie remporte la bataille d'Anchialos, en Thrace”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “к северу от порта Анхиало на реке Ахелой ромеи и болгары встретились в решительном сражении”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Aqueloo - Una expedición bizantina a gran escala es detenida por el zar Simeón I de Bulgaria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 913–927913 · War