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them dared to show up and the Romans did not seek a battle because of the swamps. The filthy people, seeing the Roman weakness, recovered themselves and became bolder. The emperor suffered from a fit of gout and had to return to Messembria to take baths, leaving his generals to start the fighting and to engage them in a battle if they leave their fortifications. Otherwise, to put them under siege and to check their advances. The cavalry, however, spread the rumour that the emperor was deserting them, and fled on their own, without being chased by anybody. The Bulgars, seeing this, attacked and chased them and killed most of them by swords, and many were wounded. And after chasing them up to the Danube, they crossed it.
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to attack from a weakened position and in smaller groups, which reduced the strength of their attack. With continuing attacks from the ramparts, the Bulgar defense eventually forced the Byzantines into a rout, followed up by the Bulgar cavalry. Many of the Byzantine soldiers perished. According to
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The infantry moved in battle lines towards the so called Onglos at the Danube and the fleet was ordered to anchor nearby. The Bulgars, seeing the dense and numerous lines, became desperate, fled in the aforementioned fortification and prepared themselves for defence. In the next 3-4 days nobody of
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to seek treatment. The troops thought that he fled the battlefield and in turn began fleeing. When the Bulgars realised what was happening, they attacked and defeated their discouraged enemy.
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This battle was a significant moment in European history, as it led to the creation of a powerful state, which was to become a
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and led an army against Asparuh. In the meantime the Bulgar leader made an alliance with the
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took place in the summer of 680 in the Ongal area, an unspecified location in and around the
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fought back and after Asparuh consolidated his rule they launched an attack against the
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After the victory, the Bulgars advanced south and seized the lands to the north of
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Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The transformation of a Culture, J. F. Haldon,
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defeated the Arabs and concluded a peace treaty. After this success the emperor
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marched westward and settled in the Ongal area on the eastern banks of the
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for mutual protection against the Byzantines and formed a federation.
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An early medieval great power between Byzantium and the Occident
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During that time the Byzantine Empire was at war with the
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had built wooden ramparts in the swampy area near the
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Index

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars

First Bulgarian Empire
Asparukh
Constantine IV
Danube Delta
Tulcea County
Romania
Bulgaria
Bulgars
Seven Slavic tribes
Byzantine Empire
Asparukh
Constantine IV
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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
1st Constantinople
Ongal
1st Anchialus
1st Marcellae
Rishki Pass
2nd Anchialus
Litosoria
2nd Marcellae
Krum
Serdica
Pliska
Debeltos

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