What the records say
- When
- 21 Jul 997
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.86° N, 22.58° E
- Description
- 997 battle of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Spercheios
997 battle of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
The Battle of Spercheios took place in 997 AD, on the shores of the Spercheios river near the city of Lamia in central Greece. It was fought between a Bulgarian army led by Tsar Samuil, which in the previous year had penetrated south into Greece, and a Byzantine army under the command of General Nikephoros Ouranos.
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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 Spercheios: Byzantine forces, under General Nikephoros Ouranos, defeat the Bulgarians at the Spercheios River in Greece”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bizans zaferi ile sonuçlanan Sperkhios Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Сперхее”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page