Battle of Marcellae

When

756

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.64° N, 26.90° E

Description

took place in 756 between the armies of the First Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire at Markeli, near the town of Karnobat in south eastern Bulgaria

Battle near Karnobat in Bulgaria

The Battle of Marcellae took place in 756 between the armies of the First Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire at Markeli, near the town of Karnobat in south eastern Bulgaria. The result was a Byzantine victory.

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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 Marcellae: Constantine V sends a Byzantine expeditionary force (500 ships and 6,000 cavalry) to Thrace”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “L'empereur byzantin Constantin V envahit la Thrace et bat l'armée du Premier Empire Bulgare conduite par le Khan Vinekh lors de la bataille de Marcellae”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alrededor del delta del Danubio y cerca de la villa fortaleza de Markeli (347 km al este de la ciudad de Sofía, capital de la actual Bulgaria)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page