- The
Battle of
Kleidion (Ancient Gr****: Κλειδίον; or Clidium,
after the
medieval name of the
village of Klyuch, lit. 'key'; also
known as the
Battle of...
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against Bulgaria,
which ended in
total Byzantine victory at the
Battle of
Kleidion in 1014.
Diplomatic efforts,
critical for this success, also contributed...
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devastated the country. In 1014, the
Byzantines won the
decisive Battle of
Kleidion and
Samuel died a few w****s later. Tsar Samuel's
reign was
followed by...
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attack on 6
October 1014, two
months after the
catastrophic battle of
Kleidion. His
successors failed to
organize a resistance, and in 1018, four years...
- Slayer", a
crushing defeat was
inflicted on the
Bulgarians at the
Battle of
Kleidion.
Basil famously ordered that 99% of the
captured 15,000
Bulgarian prisoners...
- at
destroying Bulgarian resistance. On 29 July 1014, in the
Battle of
Kleidion, he and his
general Nikephoros Xiphias outmaneuvered the
Bulgarian army...
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Skylitzes as the
place where Samuel of
Bulgaria had died
after the
Battle of
Kleidion. The town was
attached literally to the
rocky hilltop above, and its name...
- and was
instrumental in the
decisive Byzantine victory at the
Battle of
Kleidion in 1014. In 1022 he led an
unsuccessful rebellion against Basil II, and...
- but the
procedure was botched,
killing him instead.
After the
Battle of
Kleidion of 1014, the
Byzantine Emperor Basil II had
captured several thousand soldiers...
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Southern Buh
Battle of
Achelous Battle of the
Gates of
Trajan Battle of
Kleidion Battle of
Dyrrhachium Second Bulgarian Empire Battle of
Tryavna Battle...
