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failed after unexpected difficulties in the
Byzantine rear. The army which was led by Gonitsiates was ambushed by the Bulgarian commander Ivats and was completely destroyed. That defeat forced Basil II to pull back swiftly. The rest of the Byzantine army entered Pelagonia, but Ivats avoided engaging
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to murder his cousin
Radomir and take the throne. After Ivan Vladislav took the crown in August 1015, he pretended to agree to surrender to the Byzantines. Basil II did not trust him and prepared another plot to murder the new Bulgarian Tsar. The new conspiracy failed and led the negotiations to an
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The battle of Bitola deprived Basil II of the great success achieved at the beginning of a campaign which might have destroyed the
Bulgarian state as early as 1015. However the devastation which the country suffered that year was a prerequisite for the final fall of the First Bulgarian Empire in
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and its reincorporation to
Bulgaria in the beginning of 1015. Basil II swiftly seized the town in the spring and resettled its inhabitants. In the summer the Byzantines conquered another important town,
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soon after that (6 October) further weakened the state. In the autumn of 1014 Basil II penetrated deep into
Bulgarian territory and burned the palaces of Samuil's successor
562:, whose outer walls were by that time already breached by the Bulgarians. However, the Bulgarian victory only postponed the fall of Bulgaria to Byzantine rule in 1018.
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As he did not trust the proposal of Ivan
Vladislav, Basil II immediately launched a new campaign via Ostrovo. The Byzantines blinded every captured Bulgarian. In
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in the vicinity of Bitola. The hostilities were renewed in the spring of 1015. The
Byzantine Emperor headed towards the heart of Bulgaria (around
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and Bitola. Basil himself reached Ohrid and managed to overrun most of the city except for the citadel where the royal palaces were located.
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Radomir's attempts to settle peace failed. Basil II continued the war and simultaneously encouraged a successful conspiracy of
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on 29 July 1014 the bulk of the
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territory, between a Bulgarian army under the command of the voivode
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George Gonitsiates. It was one of the last open battles between the
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877:, т. II, Изд. "ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК", София 2004, с. 68
701:, т. II, Изд. "ТАНГРА ТанНакРа ИК", София 2004, с. 67
959:История на българската държава през средните векове
930:История на българската държава през средните векове
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551:. The Bulgarians were victorious and the
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1027:Battles of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
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913:Подбрани извори за българската история
890:, изд. "Наука и изкуство", София 1983)
875:Подбрани извори за българската история
699:Подбрани извори за българската история
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1032:Military history of North Macedonia
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602:. During its siege they captured
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620:Campaign to Ohrid and the battle
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1017:11th century in Bulgaria
820:, София 1971, с. 713-714
781:, София 1971, с. 708-711
765:, София 1971, с. 707-708
419:Uprising of Peter Delyan
170:Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
29:Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
443:Second Bulgarian Empire
545:First Bulgarian Empire
93:Commanders and leaders
988:41.03194°N 21.33472°E
123:Casualties and losses
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796:English translation
792:Russian translation
103:George Gonitsiates
1052:Ambushes in Europe
993:41.03194; 21.33472
945:Книга за българите
801:2011-05-14 at the
572:battle of Kleidion
485:Uprising of Ivaylo
322:3rd Constantinople
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186:1st Constantinople
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27:Part of the
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591:Lake Prespa
475:Klokotnitsa
412:Dyrrhachium
206:Rishki Pass
1006:Categories
979:21°20′05″E
976:41°01′55″N
661:References
587:Lake Ohrid
500:Rusokastro
367:Spercheios
343:Dorostolon
312:Katasyrtai
251:Versinikia
181:Early wars
842:Comitopul
834:12, 58-59
652:Aftermath
630:strategoi
626:Pelagonia
541:strategos
537:Byzantine
529:Bulgarian
517:Bulgarian
397:Strumitsa
266:Mesembria
216:Litosoria
799:Archived
556:Basil II
547:and the
392:Kleidion
307:Achelous
278:Simeon I
271:Burdizon
246:Debeltos
110:Strength
47:Location
605:kavkhan
600:Moglena
570:In the
566:Prelude
495:Skafida
455:Tryavna
436:Ostrovo
236:Serdica
128:Unknown
118:Unknown
115:Unknown
105:Orestes
657:1018.
579:Samuil
535:and a
525:Bitola
490:Devina
465:Serres
450:Lovech
407:Setina
402:Bitola
372:Skopje
241:Pliska
64:Result
53:Bitola
634:Ohrid
616:end.
595:Voden
560:Ohrid
533:Ivats
527:, in
470:Varna
382:Kreta
317:Pegae
191:Ongal
131:Heavy
99:Ivats
51:near
838:Aron
589:and
576:Tsar
511:The
228:Krum
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