Battle of Arcadiopolis

When

Mar 970

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.40° N, 27.35° E

Description

battle fought in 970 between a Byzantine army under Bardas Skleros and a Rus' army,

Battle fought in 970 between a Byzantine army under Bardas Skleros and a Rus' army,

The Battle of Arcadiopolis was fought in 970 between a Byzantine army under Bardas Skleros and a Rus' army, the latter also including allied Bulgarian, Pecheneg, and Hungarian (Magyar) contingents. In the preceding years, the Rus' ruler Sviatoslav had conquered northern Bulgaria, and was now menacing Byzantium as well.

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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 “Battle of Arcadiopolis: John I dispatches an elite force (10–12,000 men) to delay the Kievan Rus'”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Byzantinische Reich unter Feldherr Bardas Skleros besiegt in der Schlacht von Arkadiopolis eine Koalition von Kiewer Rus, Bulgaren”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Été : les Russes avancent sur Andrinople”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Аркадиополе, сражение между войсками Великого князя Киевского Святослава и его союзников, вторгшимися через дунайскую Болгарию во Фракию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sviatoslav I de Kiev se alía con los pechenegos y búlgaros contra el Imperio bizantino”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アルカディオポリスの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page