What the records say
- When
- 792
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.64° N, 26.90° E
- Description
- 792 battle of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Battle of Marcellae
792 battle of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
The Battle of Marcellae was fought on the 20 July 792 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, led by Constantine VI, and those of the First Bulgarian Empire under Kardam. The Byzantines were routed and forced to retreat to Constantinople. Fighting took place at Marcellae (Markeli), near the modern town of Karnobat in southeastern Bulgaria, the same site as an earlier battle in 756.
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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 VI leads a Byzantine expeditionary force into northern Thrace”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Marcellae siegen die Bulgaren unter Kardam über das Byzantinische Reich”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Los búlgaros del khan Kardam derrotan al ejército invasor romano de Constantino VI en Marcela”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page