What the records say
- When
- 17 Aug 986
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.36° N, 23.92° E
- Description
- part of The Byzantine Bulgarian Wars
Battle of the Gates of Trajan
986 battle of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
The Battle of the Gates of Trajan was a battle between Byzantine and Bulgarian forces in the year 986.
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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 the Gates of Trajan: Emperor Basil II leads a Byzantine expeditionary force (30,000 men) against the Bulgarians to capture the fortress city of…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “échec de Basile II contre les Bulgares de Samuel à la bataille des Portes de Trajan (Trayanovi Vrata, près de Sofia)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва в Ихтиманском ущелье между Византией и болгарами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page