What the records say
- When
- 1014
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.65° N, 22.90° E
- Description
- 1014 battle
Battle of Thessalonica (1014)
The battle of Thessalonica was fought between the Bulgarian and the Byzantine Empires in the summer of 1014 near the city of Thessalonica in contemporary northern Greece. The Bulgarian army under the command of Nestoritsa was defeated by the Byzantines led by the governor of Thessalonica Theophylactus Botaniates and it was unable to divert the main Byzantine forces who were attacking the Bulgarian ramparts between th…
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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 “Summer – Battle of Thessalonica: Emperor Basil II launches a raiding expedition against Bulgaria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yaz - Selanik Muharebesi: İmparator II. Basileios, Bulgaristan'a karşı bir sefer başlattı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page