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1085:. As a result of this conflict, the marriage between Gavril Radomir and the Hungarian princess was dissolved. The Hungarians then attacked Ahtum, who had directly backed the pretenders for the Hungarian crown. Stephen I convinced Hanadin, Ahtum's right-hand man, to help in the attack. When the conspiracy was uncovered Hanadin fled and joined the Hungarian forces. At the same time, a strong Byzantine army besieged Vidin, Ahtum's seat. Although many soldiers were required to participate in the defense of the town, Ahtum was occupied with the war to the north. After several months he died in battle when his troops were defeated by the Hungarians. As a result of the war, Bulgarian influence to the northwest of the Danube diminished.
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alliance with the
Byzantines and the opportunity to seize power in Bulgaria for himself. He held land in Thrace, a region potentially subject to the Byzantine threat. Basil reached an agreement with Aaron, who asked to marry Basil's sister to seal it. Basil instead sent the wife of one of his officials with the bishop of Sebaste. However, the deceit was uncovered and the bishop was killed. Nonetheless, negotiations proceeded and concluded in a peace agreement. The historian Scylitzes wrote that Aaron wanted sole power and "sympathized with the Romans". Samuel learned of the conspiracy and the clash between the two brothers was inevitable. The quarrel broke out in the vicinity of
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4870:. Hence, for them to recognize the inhabitants of Macedonia as Bulgarians would be tantamount to admitting that they should be part of the Bulgarian state. For that the Yugoslav Communists were most anxious to mold Macedonian history to fit their conception of Macedonian consciousness. The treatment of Macedonian history in Communist Yugoslavia had the same primary goal as the creation of the Macedonian language: to de-Bulgarize the Macedonian Slavs and to create a separate national consciousness that would inspire identification with Yugoslavia." For more see: Stephen E. Palmer, Robert R. King, Yugoslav communism and the Macedonian question, Archon Books, 1971,
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the ruler of a large medieval state, which the majority of modern historical scholarship considers to be the
Bulgarian empire itself, centered in the territory of today's North Macedonia. In this way the Macedonian members of the Commission not only agreed to identify Samuel's state as Bulgarian, but they also recognized the existence of the Bulgarian ethnicity during the Middle Ages. Despite these facts multiple examples of animosity between Bulgaria and North Macedonia have been registered, due to disputes over Samuil's ethnic affiliation and this issue is still highly sensitive.
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4841:"Most of the Slavophone inhabitants in all parts of divided Macedonia, perhaps a million and a half in all – had a Bulgarian national consciousness at the beginning of the Occupation; and most Bulgarians, whether they supported the Communists, VMRO, or the collaborating government, assumed that all Macedonia would fall to Bulgaria after the WWII. Tito was determined that this should not happen. The first Congress of AVNOJ in November 1942 had parented equal rights to all the 'peoples of Yugoslavia', and specified the Macedonians among them.
833:. Because of the war with Byzantium, it was dangerous to leave the throne vacant for long, and Samuel was chosen as the new Emperor of Bulgaria because he had the closest relations to the deceased emperor and was Roman's long-standing military commander. The presbyter of Duklja also marked the event: "By that time among the Bulgarian people rose one Samuel, who proclaimed himself emperor. He led a long war against the Byzantines and expelled them from the whole territory of Bulgaria, so that the Byzantines did not dare to approach it".
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aware of differences between themselves and the inhabitants of
Bulgaria... The question as of whether a Macedonian nation actually existed in the 1940s when a Communist Yugoslavia decided to recognize one is difficult to answer. Some observers argue that even at this time it was doubtful whether the Slavs from Macedonia considered themselves to be a nationality separate from the Bulgarians
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ages which appear in some modern works. In the Middle ages and into the 19th century, the term ‘Macedonian’ was used entirely in reference to a geographical region. Anyone who lived within its confines, regardless of nationality could be called a
Macedonian...Nevertheless, the absence of a national consciousness in the past is no grounds to reject the Macedonians as a nationality today."
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which was ratified by the two
Parliaments in 2018. On its ground, a bilateral expert committee on historical issues was formed. In February 2019, at a meeting of the committee, involving Bulgarian and Macedonian scientists, the two sides agreed to propose to their governments that Tsar Samuel may be celebrated jointly. The Macedonian side also conceded, that he was
1928:(1912–1913) and World War I (1914–1918) left the area divided mainly between Greece and Serbia (later Yugoslavia), which resulted in significant changes in its ethnic composition. The formerly leading Bulgarian community was reduced either by population exchanges or by change of communities' ethnic identity. The Macedonian Slavs were faced with the policy of forced
437:, who invaded Bulgaria several times. After a defeat from Sviatoslav, Peter I suffered a stroke and abdicated his throne in 969 (he died the next year). Boris was allowed back to Bulgaria to take his father's throne, restore order and oppose Sviatoslav, but had little success. This was allegedly used by Nicholas and his sons, who were contemplating a revolt in 969.
2046:, by which the emperor ideologically framed the newly acquired territories of the former Bulgarian empire and the former Samuel’s State. In this way the term "Bulgarian" became a projected name for the Samuel’s State itself. However, the term “Scythians” normally referred to the "Bulgarians", moreover, Samuel and his successors considered their state Bulgarian.
4887:"No doubt, the vast majority of the Macedonian peasants, being neither communists nor members of IMRO (United), had not been previously affected by Macedonian national ideology. The British officials who attempted to tackle this issue in the (late) 1940s noted the pro-Bulgarian sentiment of many peasants and pointed out that Macedonian nationhood rested ‘
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established in what is now Thrace (split among
Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey) with Adrianople as its capital. It was the birthplace of Emperor Basil I (867–886), the founder of the so-called Macedonian dynasty in Byzantinum. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Dimitar Bechev, Scarecrow Press, 2009,
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By the beginning of the 9th century the theme of
Macedonia, with its capital at Adrianople consisted not of Macedonian but of Thracian territories. During the Byzantine period the Macedonia proper corresponded to the themes of Thessalonica and Strymon. Brill's Companion to Ancient Macedon: Studies in
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refers to an "Ethnic
Macedonian" Empire, with Samuel being the first Tsar of the Macedonian Slavs. However, this controversy is ahistorical, as it projects modern ethnic distinctions onto the past. There is no historical support for that assertion. Samuel and his successors were never called by their
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by Gavril
Radomir, who personally killed Botaniates. After the Battle of Kleidion, on the order of Basil II the captured Bulgarian soldiers were blinded; one of every 100 men was left one-eyed so as to lead the rest home. The blinded soldiers were sent back to Samuel who reportedly had a heart attack
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The
Byzantines took advantage of the Bulgarian troubles in the north. In 1003, Basil II led a large army to Vidin, northwestern Bulgaria's most important town. After an eight-month siege, the Byzantines ultimately captured the fortress, allegedly due to betrayal by the local bishop. The commanders of
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Until the late 19th century both outside observers and those Bulgaro-Macedonians who had an ethnic consciousness believed that their group, which is now two separate nationalities, comprised a single people, the Bulgarians. Thus the reader should ignore references to ethnic Macedonians in the Middle
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By the Middle Ages Macedonia's location had been forgotten and designated in areas mostly outside the original Macedonian kingdom... Under Turkish rule Macedonia vanished completely from administrative terminology and survived only as a legend in the oral Greek traditions… Rediscovered by travelers,
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When the barbarian invasions started in the fourth through seventh centuries AD in the Balkans, the remnants of the Hellenes who lived in Macedonia were pushed to eastern Thrace, the area between Adrianople (presently the Turkish city of Edirne) and Constantinople. This area would be called theme of
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The migrations during the early Byzantine centuries also changed the meaning of the geographical term Macedonia, which seems to have moved to the east together with some of the non-Slavic population of the old Roman province. In the early 9th century an administrative unit (theme) of Makedonikon was
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As a response, a Byzantine army under Nikephorus Uranos was sent after the Bulgarians, who returned north to meet it. The two armies met near the flooded river of Spercheios. The Byzantines found a place to ford, and on the night of 19 July 996 they surprised the unprepared Bulgarian army and routed
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Macedonia by the Byzantines... whereas the modern territory of Rep. of North Macedonia was included in the theme of Bulgaria after the destruction of Samuels Bulgarian Empire in 1018. Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900–1996, Chris Kostov, Peter Lang, 2010,
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Conquest of Bulgaria by Byzantium (end of the 10th-beginning of the 11th century) in the Russian chronography, HV-XVI c. (Zavoevenie Bolgarii Vizantiei (konets X-nachalo XI v.) v russkom hronografe, HV-XVI vv; ЗАВОЕВАНИЕ БОЛГАРИИ ВИЗАНТИЕЙ (КОНЕЦ Х-НАЧАЛО XI в.) В РУССКОМ ХРОНОГРАФЕ, XV-XVI вв.) L.
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In August 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia published official recommendations of the Joint Historical Commission operating between the two countries. There, the governments in Sofia and Skopje are offered a joint commemoration of Samuel, who, according to the commission, was
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and Roman, to oppose Samuel. Basil II hoped that they would win the support of the nobles and isolate Samuel or perhaps even start a Bulgarian civil war. Boris and Roman were sent back in 977 but while they were passing through a forest near the border, Boris was killed by Bulgarian guards who were
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At the end of the World War I there were very few historians or ethnographers, who claimed that a separate Macedonian nation existed... Of those Macedonian Slavs who had developed then some sense of national identity, the majority probably considered themselves to be Bulgarians, although they were
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Selected sources for the Bulgarian history, Volume II: The Bulgarian states and the Bulgarians in the Middle Ages (Podbrani izvori za balgarskata istoriya, Tom II: Balgarskite darzhavi i balgarite prez srednovekovieto, Подбрани извори за българската история, Том II: Българските държави и българите
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call Roman "Tsar" and Samuel "Roman's loyal military chief". However, other historians dispute this theory, as Roman was castrated and so technically could not have claimed the crown. There was also a governor of Skopje called Roman who surrendered the city to the Byzantines in 1004, receiving the
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The battle of Kleidion had major political consequences. Although Samuel's son and successor, Gavril Radomir, was a talented military leader, he was murdered by his cousin Ivan Vladislav, who, ironically, owed his life to him. Unable to restore the Bulgarian Empire's previous power, Ivan Vladislav
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resisted for weeks but was conquered following a long siege. The population was moved to Voleron and its governor Dragshan was taken to Thessaloniki, where he was betrothed to the daughter of a local noble. Unwilling to be married to an enemy, Dragshan three times tried to flee to Bulgaria and was
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did not have enough manpower to fight both the Bulgarians and the rebels and resorted to treason, conspiracy and complicated diplomatic plots. Basil II made many promises to the Bulgarians and Scleros to divert them from allying against him. Aaron, the eldest living Cometopulus, was tempted by an
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laid flowers at the monument of Tsar Samuil together, articulating optimism that the two countries can finally resolve their open issues by signing a long-delayed agreement on good-neighborly relations. The governments of Bulgaria and North Macedonia signed the friendship treaty in the same year,
821:. Samuel's arm was wounded and he barely escaped captivity; he and his son allegedly feigned death. After nightfall they headed for Bulgaria and walked 400 kilometres (249 mi) home. Research of Samuel's grave suggests that the bone in his arm healed at an angle of 140° but remained crippled.
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saw a turn in the course of Byzantine-Bulgarian warfare. Basil II had amassed an army larger and stronger than that of the Bulgarians: determined to definitively conquer Bulgaria, he moved much of the battle-seasoned military forces from the eastern campaigns against the Arabs to the Balkans and
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Skylitzes records: He himself died shortly afterwards, whereupon the sons were sent to Bulgaria to secure the ancestral throne and to restrain the 'children of the counts' from further t. David, Moses, Aaron and Samuel, children of one of the powerful counts in Bulgaria, were contemplating an
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claims that the son of Samuel, Gavril, was assassinated by the leader of the Bulgarians, son of Aaron, because Aaron belonged to the race that reigned over Bulgaria. Asoghik and Yahya clearly distinguish the race of Samuel from the one of Aaron or the race of the Cometopuli from the royal race.
888:. In an effort to prevent bloodshed, he asked Jovan Vladimir to surrender. After the prince refused, some Serb nobles offered their services to the Bulgarians and, when it became clear that further resistance was fruitless, the Serbs surrendered. Jovan Vladimir was exiled to Samuel's palaces in
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In 989, Phocas was killed and his followers surrendered, and the following year Basil II reached an agreement with Skleros. The Byzantines focused their attention on Bulgaria, and counter-attacked in 991. The Bulgarian army was defeated and Roman was captured while Samuel managed to escape. The
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The very name of "Macedonia" for the modern region was revived only in the 19th century, after it had nearly disappeared during the five centuries of Ottoman rule. Until the early 20th century and beyond the majority of the Macedonian Slavs who had clear ethnic consciousness believed they were
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organized the defenders well. They fought until the Byzantines penetrated the walls and forced them to surrender. Nikulitsa was taken to Constantinople and given the high court title of patrician, but he soon escaped and rejoined the Bulgarians. He attempted to retake Servia, but the siege was
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Mitko B. Panov et al., 2021. "Macedonian Nation Between Self-Identity and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Implications of the Agreements with Bulgaria and Greece," Societies and Political Orders in Transition, in: Branislav Radeljić & Carlos González-Villa (ed.), Researching Yugoslavia and its
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In the same year, Samuel undertook a march against Thessaloniki. His men ambushed and captured its governor, Ioannes Chaldus, but this success could not compensate for the losses the Bulgarians had suffered in the past four years. The setbacks in the war demoralized some of Samuel's military
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Although Gavril Radomir's marriage to the daughter of the Hungarian ruler had established friendly relations between the two strongest states of the Danube area, the relationship deteriorated after Géza's death. The Bulgarians supported Gyula and Koppány as rulers instead of Géza's son
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remained in captivity. Although the ceremony in 971 had been intended as a symbolic termination of the Bulgarian Empire, the Byzantines were unable to assert their control over the western provinces of Bulgaria. Count Nicholas, Samuel's father, who had close ties to the royal court in
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Petrov, P (1958). "On the question concerning the authenticity of the Virgin charter and the data it contains (Po vaprosa za awtentichnostta na Virginskata gramota i sadarzhastite se v neya danni, По въпроса за автентичността на Виргинската грамота и съдържащите се в нея данни)".
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The Bulgarian successes in the west raised fears in Constantinople, and after serious preparations, Basil II launched a campaign into the very centre of the Bulgarian Empire to distract Samuel from southern Greece. The Byzantine army passed through the mountains around
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used this to his advantage. He quickly invaded Bulgaria the following year, defeated the Rus, and conquered the Bulgarian capital Preslav. Boris II of Bulgaria was ritually divested of his imperial insignia in a public ceremony in Constantinople and he and his brother
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After the fall of Bulgaria, Samuel's descendants assumed important positions in the Byzantine court after they were resettled and given lands in Asia Minor and Armenia. One of his granddaughters, Catherine, became empress of Byzantium. Another (supposed) grandchild,
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Ioannis Tarnanidis, The Macedonians of the Byzantine period, (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece) in John Burke and Roger Scott as edidors, Byzantine Macedonia: Identity, Image and History: Papers from the Melbourne Conference July 1995, BRILL, 2000,
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and was considered by earlier scholarship as Samuel's daughter, is now regarded to have been simply a relative, perhaps a niece of Agatha. Gavril Radomir married twice, to Ilona of Hungary and Irene from Larissa. Miroslava married the captured Byzantine noble
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Samuel is among the most renowned Bulgarian rulers. His military struggle with the Byzantine Empire is marked as an epic period of Bulgarian history. The great number of monuments and memorials in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia, such as the ones in
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and the Byzantines. When the Bulgarian troops reached Duklja, the Serbian prince and his people withdrew to the mountains. Samuel left part of the army at the foot of the mountains and led the remaining soldiers to besiege the coastal fortress of
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ca. 930, only to fall ca. 960 under Byzantine and later under Bulgarian rule. In fact that area was taken for the first time by Serbia centuries later, during the 1280s. Moreover, in Samuel's time Macedonia as a geographical term referred to
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Vasilka Tăpkova-Zaimova, Bulgarians by Birth: The Comitopuls, Emperor Samuel and their Successors According to Historical Sources and the Historiographic Tradition, East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450, Brill, 2018,
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on the orders of John I Tzimiskes so that he would not have heirs. Thus Samuel was certain to eventually succeed Roman. The new emperor entrusted Samuel with the state administration and became occupied with church and religious affairs.
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Petrov, P (1962). "Rebellion of Peter and Boyan in 976 and struggle of the Cometopuli with Byzantium (Vosstanie Petra i Boyana v 976 i borba Komitopulov s Vizantiei, Восстание Петра и Бояна в 976 г. и борьба Комитопулов с Византией)".
4912:(1993, p. 71) confirms: “even as late as 1945, Slavic Macedonia had no national identity of its own." Nikolaos Zahariadis (2005) Essence of Political Manipulation: Emotion, Institutions, & Greek Foreign Policy, Peter Lang, p. 85,
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fell in love with the captive Jovan Vladimir. The couple married after gaining Samuel's approval, and Jovan returned to his lands as a Bulgarian official along with his uncle Dragomir, whom Samuel trusted. Meanwhile, Princess
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In his early years, Samuel managed to inflict several major defeats on the Byzantines and to launch offensive campaigns into their territory. In the late 10th century, the Bulgarian armies conquered the Serb principality of
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cartographers and diplomats after centuries of being ignored or forgotten, misplaced or misunderstood, Macedonia and its inhabitants, have never since the beginning of the 20th century, ceased being imagined and invented.
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Constantinople would not recognize the new emperor, as for the Byzantines Boris II's abdication symbolized the official end of Bulgaria and Samuel was considered a mere rebel. Instead Samuel sought recognition from the
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Emperor Basil the Bulgar-slayer: extractions from Yuhia of Antioch's chronicles (Imperator Vasiliy Bolgaroboytsa: izvecheniya iz letopisi Yahi Antiohijskago, Император Василий Болгаробойца: извлечения из летописи Яхи
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Emperor Basil the Bulgar-slayer: extractions from Yuhia of Antioch's chronicles (Imperator Vasiliy Bolgaroboytsa: izvecheniya iz letopisi Yahi Antiohijskago, Император Василий Болгаробойца: извлечения из летописи Яхи
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Roman was taken to Vidin, where he was proclaimed Emperor of Bulgaria. Samuel became his first lieutenant and general and together they gathered an army and fought the Byzantines. During his captivity, Roman had been
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distinguished Samuel's Empire from the Bulgarian Empire, referring to it as a "Macedonian Empire", although he recognised that Samuel's state was politically and ecclesiastically a direct descendant of the empire of
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and besieged Sredets in 986. The Byzantines assaulted the city for 20 days, but their attacks proved fruitless and costly: the Bulgarians came out of the city several times, killed many enemy soldiers and captured
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diverted the efforts of the Byzantine Empire into another civil war. Samuel seized the opportunity and began to exert pressure on Thessaloniki. Basil II sent a large army to the town and appointed a new governor,
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Basil II decided to return to Constantinople afterwards, but, fearing an encounter with the Bulgarian army on the main road to his capital, he used an alternate route. The Byzantines marched south through the
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vagrants and Moses was fatally injured by a stone during the siege of Serres. The brothers' actions to the south detained many Byzantine troops and eased Samuel's liberation of northeastern Bulgaria. A local
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Precious sources on the Russo-Byzantine relations in the 9th century (Tsenniy istochnih po vaprosu pussko-vizantiyskih otnosheniy v X veke, Ценный источних по вопросу русско-византийских отношений в X веке
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by its governor Botaniates, who later joined the main Byzantine army near Klyuch. After several days of continuous attempts to break through the wall, one Byzantine commander, the governor of Plovdiv
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The Greeks were amongst the first to define these lands since the beginning of the 19th century. For educated Greeks, Macedonia was the historical Greek land of kings Philip and Alexander the Great.
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invaded Asia Minor and Basil II was forced to move many of his troops to combat this new threat. Samuel quickly regained the lost lands and advanced south. In 996, he defeated the Byzantines in the
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As the main effort of Basil II was concentrated against the rebel Skleros, Samuel's armies attacked the European possessions of the Byzantine Empire. Samuel invaded not only Thrace and the area of
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20th-century Serbian and afterwards the Yugoslav historiography used the location of Samuel's state mainly on the territory of then Yugoslavia, to reject Bulgarian claims on the region. Thus, the
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Svetozar Rajak, Konstantina E. Botsiou, Eirini Karamouzi, Evanthis Hatzivassiliou ed. The Balkans in the Cold War. Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World, Springer, 2017,
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is the nickname used by Byzantine historians which is translated as "sons of the count". The Cometopuli rose to power out of the disorder that occurred in the Bulgarian Empire from 966 to 971.
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Petrov, P (1959). "Formation and consolidation of the Western Bulgarian state (Obrazuvane i ukrepvane na Zapadnata Balgarska darzhava, Образуване и укрепване на Западната Българска държава)".
765:, but he was powerless to stop the Bulgarian advance. By 989, the Bulgarian troops had penetrated deep into Byzantine territory, and seized many fortresses, including such important cities as
4891:’ and, therefore, had to be constructed by the Macedonian leadership." Livanios, D. (2008), The Macedonian Question: Britain and the Southern Balkans 1939–1949.: Oxford University Press,
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Grzegorz Bartusik, Jakub Morawiec, Radosław Biskup (ed.), Adam of Bremen’s Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum. Origins, Reception and Significance, 2022. Taylor & Francis,
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equipment of the Byzantine army, forcing Basil II to withdraw to Thrace, but on 17 August 986, while passing through the mountains, the Byzantine army was ambushed and routed at the
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When Basil II launched his next campaign in the summer of 1014, his army suffered heavy casualties during the assaults on the wall. Meanwhile, Samuel sent forces under his general
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The Byzantine–Bulgarian conflict reached its apex in 1003, when Hungary became involved. Since the beginning of the 9th century, the Bulgarian territory had stretched beyond the
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The Blinded State: Historiographic Debates about Samuel Cometopoulos and His State (10th–11th Century); Volume 55 of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450
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According to them, Moses and Aaron are not from the family of the Cometopuli. David and Samuel were of Armenian origin and Moses and Aaron were Armenian on their mother's side.
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1968:, even claimed that Samuel ruled a separate South Slavic, i.e. Serbian Empire in Macedonia, founded as result of an anti-Bulgarian rebellion. The Serbs tried to popularize the
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History of Bulgaria in the Middle Ages. Vol. 1. History of the First Bulgarian Empire, Part 2. From the Slavicization of the state to the fall of the First Empire (852–1018)
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Paul Stephenson, Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204, American Council of Learned Societies, Cambridge University Press, 2000,
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Anastasiević, D. N. Hypothesis on Western Bulgaria (Hipoteza o Zapadnoj Bugarskoj, Хипотеза о Западноj Бугарскоj), Glasnik Skopskog nauchnog drushtva, b. III, Skopie, 1928.
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1142:, was not seduced by Basil's promises of a noble title and wealth, and successfully defended the fortress. The Byzantines withdrew to Thrace after suffering heavy losses.
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Duichev, Iv. (1942). "Correspondence of Pope Innocent III with the Bulgarians (Prepiska na papa Inokentii III s balgarite, Преписка на папа Инокентий III с българите.)".
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commanders, especially the captured Byzantine nobles. Samuel's son-in-law Ashot, the governor of Dyrrhachium, made contact with the local Byzantines and the influential
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Meanwhile, Basil II's campaign reconquered many towns in Thessaly. He forced the Bulgarian population of the conquered areas to resettle in the Voleron area between the
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to restore the appearance of the 70-year-old Bulgarian ruler. According to the reconstruction, he was a sharp-faced man, bald-headed, with a white beard and moustache.
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pleaded on his behalf. From that moment on, practically all power and authority in the state were held by Samuel and the danger of an internal conflict was eliminated.
2732:) the sons of Peter I were sent in the Byzantine capital in 963 as one of the term to resettle the peace treaty of 927. According to other historians such as Andreev (
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Istorijski časopis 2002, br. 49, str. 9–25, izvorni naučni članak, Pohod bugarskog cara Samuila na Dalmaciju. Živković Tibor D. SANU – Istorijski institut, Beograd.
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4257:Иванов, Йордан (Jordan Ivanov). Произход на цар Самуиловия род (The origin of the family of the king Samuel). In: Сборник в чест на В. Н. Златарски, София, 1925.
1330:. Two further, unnamed daughters, are mentioned after the Bulgarian surrender in 1018, while Samuel is also recorded as having had a bastard son. Another woman,
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Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question, Victor Roudometof, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002,
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The ancient name 'Macedonia' disappeared during the period of Ottoman rule and was only restored in the nineteenth century originally as geographical term.
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After John I Tzimiskes died on 11 January 976, the Cometopuli launched an assault along the whole border. Within a few weeks, however, David was killed by
577:, led by two boyars – Petar and Boyan, who became allies of the Cometopuli and submitted to their rule. The Byzantine army was defeated and retreated to
4795:"The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century," John Van Antwerp Fine, University of Michigan Press, 1991,
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and Samuel rebelled. The series of events are not clear due to contradicting sources, but it is sure that after 971 Samuel and his brothers were the
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Delev, Petar; Valeri Katsunov; Plamen Mitev; Evgeniya Kalyanova; Iskra Baeva; Boyan Dobrev (2006). "12. The decline of the First Bulgarian Empire".
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Anthony Kaldellis, Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade, Oxford University Press, 2017,
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Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt
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Michael Palairet, Macedonia: A Voyage through History (Vol. 1, From Ancient Times to the Ottoman Invasions), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016,
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The region was not called "Macedonia" by the Ottomans, and the name "Macedonia" gained currency together with the ascendance of rival nationalism.
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Stojkov, Stojko (2014) Крунисувањето на Самуил за цар и митот за царот евнух. Гласник на институтот за национална историја, 58 (1–2). pp. 73–92.
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and captured around 14,000 soldiers, according to some sources even 15,000. Basil II immediately sent forces under his favourite commander
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as honorary hostages, to honor the new terms of the peace treaty. During these years the Byzantines and Bulgarians had entangled themselves in
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Dennis P. Hupchick, The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony: Silver-Lined Skulls and Blinded Armies, Springer, 2017,
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John S. Koliopoulos, Thanos M. Veremis, Modern Greece: A History since 1821. A New History of Modern Europe, John Wiley & Sons, 2009,
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Macedonian historians insist also that the emperor Basil II designated the enemies coming from the Samuel’s Empire as “Scythians” in his
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was captured. Elated by this success, the Bulgarians continued south. They marched through Thessaly, overcame the defensive wall at
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4386:"Republic of Bulgaria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antarctic Place-names Commission, Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer Samuel Point"
1243:). Some historians theorize it was the death of his favourite commander that infuriated Basil II to blind the captured soldiers.
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Venedikov, Iv. (1973). "The first wedlock of Gavril Radomir (Parviyat brak na Gavril Radomir, Първият брак на Гаврил Радомир)".
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L'épopée byzantine á la fin de dixiéme siécle, 1. Jean Tzimisés; les jeunes années de Basile II, le tueur de Bulgares (969–989)
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332:. Samuel's energetic reign restored Bulgarian might on the Balkans, even though the Empire was disestablished after his death.
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has three editions. The first edition is from 1927 published in Sofia; the second edition is from 1971 and can be found here
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misled by his Byzantine clothing. Roman, who was walking some distance behind, managed to identify himself to the guards.
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Letters from the history of Serbians and Bulgarians (Pisma ob istorii serbov i bolgar, Письма об истории сербов и болгар)
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Pieter Troch, Nationalism and Yugoslavia: Education, Yugoslavism and the Balkans before World War II, I.B.Tauris, 2015,
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Nada Boskovska, Yugoslavia and Macedonia Before Tito: Between Repression and Integration, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017,
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during the reign of Samuel's nephew Ivan Vladislav. He is titled "autocrat of the Bulgarians" and "Bulgarian by birth".
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upon seeing them. He died two days later, on 6 October 1014. This savagery gave the Byzantine Emperor his byname
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An outline of Macedonian history from ancient times to 1991. Macedonian Embassy London. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
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Bulgarian historical monuments in Macedonia (Balgarski starini iz Makedoniya, Български старини из Македония)
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1736:. Samuel had built the church for the relics of the saint of the same name. What is thought to have been the
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in Thessaloniki, but according to a recent agreement, they may be returned to Bulgaria and buried in the
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the Archaeology and History of Macedon, 650 BC – 300 AD, Robin J. Fox, Robin Lane Fox, Brill, 2011,
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which took place ten years later. According to that theory Aaron was killed on 14 June 987 or 988.
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Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250, Florin Curta, Cambridge University Press, 2006,
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to attack Thessaloniki so as to distract Basil's forces away from this campaign. Nestoritsa was
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Tsentralizam i regionalizam v rannosrednovekovna Balgariya (kraya na VII— nachaloto na XI v.)
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Die Zusätze in der Handschrift des Johannes Scylitzes. Codex Vindobonensis hist. graec. LXXIV
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Edouard Selian. The Coat of Arms of Emperor Samuel. In: American Chronicle, March 21, 2009
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Vizantološki institut (Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti), Naučno delo, 1997, st. 253–256.
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professor Nikolaos Moutsopoulos in the Church of St Achillios on the eponymous island in
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the town had repulsed all previous attempts to break their defence, including the use of
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The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
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Samuil – Bulgarian Tsar (Samuil – tsar balgarski, Самуил – цар български)
4340:"The remains of Tsar Samuel will after all go to Tarnovo – to the grave of Kaloyan"
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Scylitzes, pp. 434–435. In this context, by "Romans" Skylitzes understands "Byzantines".
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In 997, Roman died in captivity in Constantinople, ending the line of rulers started by
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in an attempt to secure the protection of their lands. The brothers ruled together in a
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Schlumberger, G. (1900). "t. 2 Basile II-eme – le Tueur des Bulgares".
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to seize the main Bulgarian fortresses in the area. The Byzantine troops recaptured
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when his eldest son and heir, Gavril Radomir, married the daughter of the Hungarian
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2952:(in German). Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der Dt. Demokrat. Republik. p. 502.
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5831:. Vol. 2. Београд–Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
5819:. Vol. 1. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
4820:
The Macedonian conflict: ethnic nationalism in a transnational world
3432:, J.A.Cramer (ed.), 4 Vols (Oxford, 1839–1841), Vol 4, pp. 271, 282.
1884:
778:
552:
2426:-Cedr. II, 455, 13), but this could be a mere coincidence of names.
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1901:
904:
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672:
635:
602:
597:
561:
533:
517:
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505:
252:
2902:Й. Иванов, „Български старини из Македония“, София, 1970, стр. 550
2700:
Southeastern Europe in the early Middle Ages. Florin Curta. p. 241
2049:
Nevertheless, on a meeting in Sofia in June 2017, Prime Ministers
1896:. The "Macedonian" emperors of that period were Basil II, called "
1187:
The death of Emperor Samuel. Miniature from the Manasses Chronicle
805:
and entered the Peloponnese, devastating everything on their way.
6392:
6085:
4436:"S. Runciman - A history of the First Bulgarian empire - Preface"
4232:
2408:
2252:
in Bulgarian; the third edition is from 1994 published in Sofia,
1774:
1310:
1027:
1007:
968:
916:
739:. The arrows of the Moesians broke the spears of the Avzonians."
700:
684:
540:. Samuel ruled northwestern Bulgaria from the strong fortress of
528:. Aaron ruled from Sredets, and was to defend the main road from
455:
394:
299:
236:
227:
129:
4948:
Dejan Djokić, Yugoslavism: histories of a failed idea, 1918–1992
4143:(in Bulgarian). Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo: VMRO Rusa. Archived from
2710:
Adontz, Nicholas (1938). "Samuel l'Armenien, roi des Bulgares".
1964:
Some historians of the same school, such as the Serbian scholar
1267:, Ivan Vladislav's eldest son, fled with two of his brothers to
616:
However, another theory suggests that Aaron participated in the
5646:
5497:(1994). "Bulgarian epic endeavours for independence 968–1018".
2028:
1941:
1893:
1849:
1741:
1729:
1702:
1355:, led an attempt to restore the Bulgarian Empire after a major
1339:
1331:
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Samuel's unsuspecting army, using the same tactics employed at
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and Bulgaria. Samuel possibly received his imperial crown from
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until the enemy was scattered and Bulgarian rule was restored.
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5942:
On Unifying Around Our Common History – Tsar Samuil Erga Omnes
5336:Вместо напредък Скопие се върна при цар Самуил (Oбзор, видео)
5076:. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1838.
5615:(in Serbian). Belgrade: Institute of Byzantine Studies SANU.
5525:. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. pp. 188–200.
3965:
Des origines au milieu du XIe siècle, Archives de l'Athos XIV
2633:, Stephen Clissold, Henry Clifford Darby, CUP Archive, 1968,
1778:
1663:
1134:. The Byzantines continued east and besieged the fortress of
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1062:
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One theory is that from 972/976 to 997 Samuel co-ruled with
963:
fell in love with the Byzantine noble captive Ashot, son of
6095:
5610:
4339:
1989:
852:
736:
222:
5807:Летопис Попа Дукљанина (Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja)
5579:; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013).
4363:(in Bulgarian). Radio Bulgaria. 2007-03-05. Archived from
4279:(in Bulgarian). "Focus" Agency. 2007-02-15. Archived from
1254:
of the Byzantine Empire, at the death of Basil II in 1025.
5783:
John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057
3127:(in Russian). London: Variorum Reprints. pp. 20–21.
2534:
John Kyriotes Geometres, a tenth century Byzantine writer
5563:
The Bulgarians: from pagan times to the Ottoman conquest
5314:"Цар Самуил легитимен претставник на Бугарското царство"
4823:, Loring M. Danforth, Princeton University Press, 1997,
4361:"The appearance of Tsar Samuel is resurrected in Moscow"
4100:(in Bulgarian). Vol. 2. Sofia: Hemus. p. 102.
994:
In 1001, Basil II sent a large army under the patrician
4889:
on rather shaky historical and philological foundations
3662:
3660:
2611:, Edward Gibbon, J. B. Bury, Wildside Press LLC, 2004,
1154:
in 1005, securing the title of patrician for his sons.
1019:
unsuccessful and he was captured again and imprisoned.
560:
returns in triumph in Constantinople with the captured
3918:(in Bulgarian). Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo. p. 557.
2630:
A short history of Yugoslavia from early times to 1966
951:
allowed Samuel to install vassal monarchs in Croatia.
789:
Byzantines conquered some areas; in 995, however, the
235:
from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was a
4878:, Chapter 9: The encouragement of Macedonian culture.
4065:(in Bulgarian). Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo. p. 71.
4019:
4017:
4015:
3900:
3898:
3654:
and Samuel had received imperial recognition by Rome.
3049:(in Russian). London: Variorum Reprints. p. 21.
2365:, Warren Treadgold, Stanford University Press, 1997,
1322:, and was the daughter of the magnate of Dyrrhachium
899:
The wedding of Ashot and Samuel's daughter Miroslava.
875:
In 998, Samuel launched a major campaign against the
326:. Because of this, his realm is sometimes called the
275:
on 6 October 1014, two months after the catastrophic
5432:
5142:
4320:"Τα οστά του Σαμουήλ, η ανταλλαγή και το παρασκήνιο"
4239:, Paris, 1859. Translation in German, Leipzig, 1907.
3689:
3687:
3672:
3657:
3617:
2012:
are still held mainly in North Macedonia, where the
6508:
Burials at the Church of St Achillios (Lake Prespa)
1759:, to rest with the remains of Emperors Kaloyan and
27:
Tsar of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 1014
4012:
3895:
1302:The remains of the Basilica of Agios Achillios in
773:. In the south, the Bulgarians marched throughout
5887:Отрывок из Иоанна Скилицы о битве у горы Беласица
5724:(in Bulgarian). Sofia, Plovdiv: Тrud, Zhanet 45.
5540:Lalkov, Milcho (1997). "Tsar Samuil (997–1014)".
4739:History of the Balkans, Vol. 2: Twentieth Century
3684:
2316:. Lisbonne: Livraria Bertrand, 1965, pp. 347–407.
2247:History of the Bulgarian state in the Middle Ages
2038:and that the designation “Bulgaria” was used for
1856:Samuel's empire had its heartlands in the modern
6503:Bulgarian people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
6459:
4518:
4516:
4084:V. Gorina (Moscow State University)- in Russian
2846:
2844:
2842:
2840:
1860:, west and southwest of the city of Ohrid, this
991:Samuel was forced to defend rather than attack.
729:arrows were stronger than the Avzonian spears.
5424:(1965). "Samuel l'Armenien, Roi des Bulgares".
4530:
4528:
4304:and Macedonian Digest, Edition 40 – April 2009
2103:
903:The Bulgarian troops proceeded to pass through
870:
777:and in the west they seized the area of modern
520:, which would be an outpost for attacks on the
5605:Samuil and the Bulgarian epopee (in Bulgarian)
5565:. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1976.
4157:Themes in the Byzantine Empire under Basil II
4060:
1097:Victory of the Byzantines over the Bulgarians.
1088:
712:. Eventually, the Bulgarian troops burned the
6003:
5810:. Београд–Загреб: Српска краљевска академија.
5611:Pirivatrić, Srđan; Božidar Ferјančić (1997).
5607:, Sofia – Veliko Tarnovo, 2002
5454:Pouvoir et contestations a Byzance (963–1210)
4513:
4005:
4003:
2837:
2825:12. The decline of the First Bulgarian Empire
2767:), Исторически преглед, № 2, 1966, стр. 91–94
2089:
1643:The sarkophaguses of Bulgarian Tsars Samuil,
335:
5695:A History of the Byzantine State and Society
5665:
5519:(1991) . "Bulgaria after Symeon, 927–1018".
5065:
4525:
4095:
3819:
3817:
3815:
3461:Manuscriptis Bibliothecae Regiae Parisiensis
3430:Manuscriptis Bibliothecae Regiae Parisiensis
2312:. "Samuel l'Armenien, Roi des Bulgares", in
1908:, originating from the territory of today's
981:
379:Rus' invasion and the deposition of Boris II
5585:(in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.
4562:
4560:
4214:"V. Zlatarski – Istorija 1 B – Priturka 15"
3646:two centuries later, the Bulgarian Emperor
3599:
1293:
655:Bulgarians ambush and kill the governor of
322:'s rule, and made the city the seat of the
6010:
5996:
5680:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
5668:L'epopee byzantine a la fin du X-me siecle
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2362:History of the Byzantine state and society
2096:
2082:
1744:, was embroidered on his funeral garment.
1363:or became governors of various provinces.
359:Samuel was the fourth and youngest son of
263:and led campaigns against the Kingdoms of
53:Facial reconstruction based on his remains
47:
5786:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5738:
5688:
5428:(in French). Lisbonne: Livraria Bertrand.
5391:Macedonian Medieval Epic Annoys Bulgaria
4451:"The Volunteers at Shipka (in Bulgarian)"
4266:Adontz. "Samuel l'Armenien", pp. 387–390.
4248:Adontz. "Samuel l'Armenien", pp. 347–407.
4140:Emperor Samuil and the "Bulgarian epopee"
3812:
3727:Basil II and the government of the empire
3702:
3696:
3459:John Geometres: Anecdota Graeca, E Codd.
2911:
2829:12. Zalezat na Parvoto Balgarsko Tsarstvo
2746:uprising and were unsettling the Bulgars'
2017:contemporaries "Macedonians", but simply
2003:
1118:valley and reached a key Bulgarian city,
5823:
5631:
5613:Samuil's state: appearance and character
5493:
5160:
4735:
4557:
4051:Пириватрич, Самуиловата държава, p. 136.
3481:
2947:
2832:12. Залезът на Първото българско царство
2819:
2817:
2608:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
2465:"Britannica Online – Samuel of Bulgaria"
1843:
1740:of the House of Cometopuli, two perched
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1672:
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1271:, before they too surrendered. Thus the
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221:: Самоилъ; died 6 October 1014) was the
5892:Detailed list of Bulgarian rulers (PDF)
5779:
5642:A history of the First Bulgarian Empire
5451:
5433:Andreev, Jordan; Milcho Lalkov (1996).
5382:Aftermath, pp. 223–252, (228) Springer.
4496:"Towards the Motherland (in Bulgarian)"
3635:
2652:A History of the First Bulgarian Empire
1164:
781:(medieval Dyrrhachium or Drach) on the
474:rulers of the western Bulgarian lands.
14:
6460:
6017:
5814:
5716:
5626:Excerpt from the Bulgarian translation
5600:, rev. ed., Rutgers Univ. Press, 1969.
5539:
5477:History and civilization for 11. grade
5420:
4742:. Cambridge University Press. p.
4337:
4136:
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3841:Skyl. – Cedr., ibid., II, pp. 452–453.
3368:. Migne, Patrol. gr., t. 106, col. 934
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2850:Bozhilov, Gyuzelev, 1999, pp. 314–315.
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2557:
2555:
2528:
2526:
1357:uprising in 1040 – 1041
1282:In the extreme northwest, the duke of
879:to prevent an alliance between Prince
508:. The centres of his possessions were
243:, the second surviving son of Emperor
5991:
5835:
5800:
5148:
4409:
3678:
3666:
3623:
3587:The legend of Basil the Bulgar-slayer
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2498:The legend of Basil the Bulgar-slayer
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477:In 973, the Cometopuli (described by
409:, granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor
212:
195:
6483:Bulgarian people of Armenian descent
5515:
5059:
5030:, Самуилова држава: обим и карактер.
4973:Chapter 5: Merging Tribal Histories.
3094:Adontz. "Samuel l'Armenien", p. 353.
1728:Samuel's grave was found in 1965 by
4633:, A. P. Vlasto, CUP Archive, 1970,
3419:, Исторijа Византиje), pp. 397–398.
3332:(in Russian). Москва. p. 209.
2552:
2523:
1038:
812:The Bulgarian defeat at Spercheios.
756:After the defeat, the rebellion of
24:
5944:, respublica.edu.mk, 7. april 2021
5073:The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
4846:The struggle for Greece, 1941–1949
4302:The Coat of Arms of Emperor Samuel
4118:Cecaumenes. Strategion, pp. 65–66.
3707:(in Bulgarian). pp. 144–149.
3705:Collection in memory of Аl. Burmov
3650:pointed out that his predecessors
2668:(in German). München. p. 28.
2429:
1935:
1835:Bulgaria–North Macedonia relations
25:
6519:
5931:Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja
5856:
5393:17.02.2014, Balkan Insight (BIRN)
5028:Samuilova država: obim i karakter
4318:Σταύρος Τζίμας (7 October 2014).
3784:), Veliko Tarnovo, 1996, p. 125.
3531:Yahya, PO 23 (1932), pp. 430–431.
2757:For the origins of Emperor Samuel
1831:Historiography in North Macedonia
1306:, where Samuel's grave was found.
1203:, "key") to bar the enemy's way.
927:and advanced northwest as far as
393:The Byzantines seize the capital
385:Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
348:
5749:]. Sofia: Nauka i izkustvo.
5575:
5397:
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5355:
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3886:
3881:Legenda Saneti Gerhardi episcopi
3874:
3865:
3860:Legenda Saneti Gerhardi episcopi
3853:
3844:
3835:
3832:Zonaras, ibid., IV, pp. 118–119.
3826:
919:in support of the rebel princes
609:, survived because Samuel's son
5875:Яхъя Антиохийский, Летопись 1–6
3803:
3794:
3766:
3757:Imperator Vasiliy Bolgaroboytsa
3753:Emperor Basil the Bulgar-slayer
3745:
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3561:
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2992:(in Russian). pp. 175–176.
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2920:
2905:
2896:
2887:
2878:
2869:
2853:
2796:
2783:
2749:
2739:
2734:Who is who in Medieval Bulgaria
2718:
2703:
2694:
2657:
2644:
2622:
2600:
2580:
2539:
2520:, Brookline, 1987, pp. 140–142.
2510:
2490:
2477:
2300:
2298:; also Ostrogorsky, Treadgold,
1824:
1767:Samuel's face was reconstructed
947:and returned to Bulgaria. This
302:(with the notable exception of
5594:History of the Byzantine State
4535:History of the Byzantine State
4191:, Samuel Kometopulos (#26983).
4061:Fol, Al.; et al. (1983).
3978:History of the Byzantine state
3761:Император Василий Болгаробойца
3413:History of the Byzantine state
3296:Stephen of Taron, pp. 185–186.
3236:History of the Byzantine state
2726:History of the Bulgarian state
2516:Sullivan. D. F., ed. and tr.,
2457:
2393:
2376:
2353:
2336:
2319:
2306:Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
2288:
2271:
1279:, with Skopje as its capital.
1220:overwhelmed the Bulgarian army
859:, thereby benefiting both the
575:Bulgarian uprising broke there
13:
1:
5499:Bulgaria: illustrated history
5479:(in Bulgarian). Trud, Sirma.
5452:Cheynet, Jean-Claude (1990).
5435:The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars
4042:през средновековието), p. 66.
3774:The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars
2916:(in Russian). pp. 66–68.
2264:
2245:The work of Vasil Zlatarski,
749:battle of the Gates of Trajan
630:Battle of the Gates of Trajan
618:battle of the Gates of Trajan
6493:11th-century Bulgarian tsars
6488:10th-century Bulgarian tsars
5302:05 јануари 2019, Канал 5 ТВ.
4537:(Rutgers, 1969), p. 301-302.
4342:(in Bulgarian). e-vestnik.bg
4338:Dobrev, Petar (2007-04-18).
2536:, Madison 1938, pp. 140–141.
2485:Making of Orthodox Byzantium
2202:
2042:. This was newly introduced
1747:His remains are kept in the
871:War against Serbs and Croats
444:. The new Byzantine Emperor
344:Bulgarian territory ca. 960.
310:. He moved the capital from
281:Byzantine–Bulgarian conflict
7:
5780:Wortley, John, ed. (2010).
5768:The Bulgarians and Bulgaria
5596:. tr. (from the German) by
5405:16.08.2022, Deutsche Welle.
5351:ResPublica, 07 April, 2021.
4096:Duichev, Ivan (1943–1946).
3640:(in Bulgarian) (38): 22–23.
3605:Andreev, 1999, pp. 331–334.
3379:"Roman Emperors – Basil II"
3225:, Moscow, 1972, pp. 250–252
2761:Za proizhoda na tsar Samuil
2069:
1839:
1749:Museum of Byzantine Culture
1089:Further Byzantine successes
857:Patriarch of Constantinople
10:
6524:
5739:Zlatarski, Vasil (1971) .
5413:
4736:Jelavich, Barbara (1983).
4328:; Retrieved 7 October 2014
3778:Balgarskite hanove i tsare
2865:(in Russian) (1): 130–132.
2765:За произхода на цар Самуил
2549:, Paris 1896, pp. 643–644.
2296:The Early Medieval Balkans
1828:
1651:in Agios Achilios, Greece.
1168:
1042:
824:
627:
382:
352:
336:The rise of the Cometopuli
6416:
6381:
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6164:
6025:
5976:
5959:
5951:
5700:Stanford University Press
5278:в-к Дневник, 23 фев 2019.
3782:Българските ханове и царе
3540:Stephen of Taron, p. 198.
3486:(in Russian). p. 83.
2416:and becoming a Byzantine
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1391:
1318:Samuel's wife was called
1240:
986:The beginning of the new
982:Advance of the Byzantines
939:, then northeast through
214:[samɔˈiɫ/sɐmuˈiɫ]
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5918:Basil II (A.D. 976–1025)
5840:. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
5836:Panov, Mitko B. (2019).
5815:Кунчер, Драгана (2009).
5698:. Stanford, California:
5437:(in Bulgarian). Abagar.
5426:Études Arméno-Byzantines
5290:Труд онлайн; 10.12.2018
5161:B. Panov, Mitko (2022).
3914:Ivanov, Jordan (1970) .
3402:Al-Rudrawari, pp. 28–35.
2912:Levchenko, М. V (1951).
2724:According to Zlatarski (
2664:Prokić, Božidar (1906).
2412:title of patrician from
2314:Études Arméno-Byzantines
2215:ъ can be transliterated
2172:Bulgarian-Hungarian Wars
2167:Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
1753:SS. Forty Martyrs Church
1662:overlooking the city of
1294:Family, grave and legacy
1224:Theophylactus Botaniates
1110:and plundered the area.
1045:Bulgarian–Hungarian wars
329:Western Bulgarian Empire
4410:Talev, Dimitar (1998).
4176:Zlatarski, pp. 742–744.
4137:Pavlov, Plamen (2002).
4009:Златарски, pp. 689–690.
3954:Zlatarski, pp. 685–687.
3936:Skylitzes, pp. 454–455.
3892:Venedikov, pp. 151–152.
3850:Skylitzes, pp. 452–454.
3522:Zlatarski, pp. 651–652.
3472:Zlatarski, pp. 645–647.
3318:Skylitzes, pp. 436–438.
3167:Skylitzes, pp. 435–436.
3103:Skylitzes, pp. 434–435.
2884:Skylitzes, pp. 334–335.
2182:Medieval Bulgarian Army
2177:Croatian-Bulgarian Wars
2014:official state doctrine
1862:earlier cultural center
1179:The battle of Kleidion.
1069:, the grandson of duke
844:John Kyriotes Geometres
745:John Kyriotes Geometres
564:and icons from Preslav.
5936:Map of Europe in 1000.
5903:The Battle of Kleidion
5867:Летопис попа Дуклянина
5651:George Bell & Sons
5637:"The end of an empire"
5338:24chasa.bg, 04.12.2020
4237:L'histoire universelle
3567:Skylitzes, pp. 449–450
3328:Gilferding, А (1868).
2938:), София 2005, p. 195.
2294:Spelled thus in Fine,
2040:ideological propaganda
2004:North Macedonia's view
1966:Dragutin Anastasijević
1866:First Bulgarian Empire
1853:
1848:Monument of Samuil in
1694:
1686:
1670:
1652:
1315:
1307:
1273:First Bulgarian Empire
1255:
1212:defeated near the city
1188:
1180:
1152:Eustathios Daphnomeles
1098:
1054:
900:
840:
813:
795:battle of Thessaloniki
741:
664:
565:
556:The Byzantine Emperor
442:Battle of Arcadiopolis
398:
345:
324:Bulgarian Patriarchate
233:First Bulgarian Empire
97:First Bulgarian Empire
6420:(1878–1908) and
5829:Gesta Regum Sclavorum
5817:Gesta Regum Sclavorum
5577:Lilie, Ralph-Johannes
4235:(Stepanos de Taron).
4159:Themes under Basil II
3740:Samuel and his estate
3278:89 (1975), pp. 65–98.
2948:Westberg, F (1951) .
2714:(in French) (39): 37.
2308:. In French, compare
2197:Armenians in Bulgaria
1986:breakup of Yugoslavia
1892:the region of modern
1847:
1692:
1676:
1658:
1642:
1313:
1301:
1249:
1186:
1178:
1096:
1052:
1035:eventually executed.
898:
836:
811:
723:
654:
555:
485:) sent envoys to the
479:Thietmar of Merseburg
392:
343:
306:) as far as southern
6478:Bulgarian Christians
5722:Bulgarian Chronicles
5517:Fine, John V. A. Jr.
3482:Vasilyevskiy, V. G.
3122:Rozen, V. R (1972).
3044:Rozen, V. R (1972).
2979:Petrov, pp. 133–134.
2518:The life of St Nikon
2440:"Samuil of Bulgaria"
1955:Simeon I of Bulgaria
1715:Samuel's Inscription
1334:, who was wedded to
1235:("Bulgar-slayer" in
1165:Disaster at Kleidion
1059:Carpathian Mountains
1002:to the north of the
949:Croato-Bulgarian War
907:, taking control of
819:battle of Spercheios
401:During the reign of
62:997 – 6 October 1014
6382:Rebels against the
6165:Rebels against the
5962:Emperor of Bulgaria
5670:(in French). Paris.
5590:Ostrogorsky, George
5559:Lang, David Marshal
5456:(in French). Paris.
3997:Gilferding, p. 250.
3809:Ibidem. II, р. 452.
3729:, vii, pp. 264–265.
2789:Ioannes Scylitzes.
2401:Roman I of Bulgaria
2044:administrative term
1959:Peter I of Bulgaria
1904:relatives from the
1858:region of Macedonia
1720:The Arab historian
1683:Old Church Slavonic
965:Gregorios Taronites
763:Gregorios Taronites
718:Trajan's Gates Pass
516:. Moses ruled from
411:Romanos I Lekapenos
245:Peter I of Bulgaria
241:Roman I of Bulgaria
219:Old Church Slavonic
155:Ripsimia of Armenia
6498:Cometopuli dynasty
6323:Theodore Svetoslav
6019:Bulgarian monarchs
5923:2015-03-13 at the
5915:Catherine Holmes,
5909:2001-07-13 at the
5899:Synopsis Historion
5542:Rulers of Bulgaria
5495:Dimitrov, Bozhidar
5368:2022-08-15 at the
5363:Dir.bg. 15.08.2022
5068:Kazhdan, Alexander
4203:, Kosara (#24095).
4164:2013-10-19 at the
4127:Zlatarski, p. 699.
4032:Daulaurier, p. 37.
4023:Skylitzes, p. 457.
3986:Исторijа Византиje
3982:Istorija Vizantije
3963:Actes d'Iviron I.
3945:Skylitzes, p. 455.
3904:Skylitzes, p. 454.
3871:Venedikov, p. 150.
3800:Skylitzes, p. 452.
3693:Skylitzes, p. 451.
3496:Ioannes Geometer.
3450:Skylitzes, p. 446.
3417:Istorija Vizantije
3364:Ioannis Geometrae
3244:Исторijа Византиje
3240:Istorija Vizantije
3194:Skylitzes, p. 436.
2875:Zlatarski, p. 615.
2863:Byzantinobulgarica
2650:Stephen Runciman,
2192:Bitola inscription
2187:Cometopuli dynasty
1950:George Ostrogorsky
1906:Macedonian dynasty
1854:
1695:
1693:Monument in Sofia.
1687:
1679:Bitola inscription
1671:
1653:
1504:Samuel of Bulgaria
1316:
1308:
1256:
1216:Nicephorus Xiphias
1189:
1181:
1171:Battle of Kleidion
1099:
1055:
1000:Nikephoros Xiphias
954:Samuel's relative
911:and journeying to
901:
814:
731:... And when you,
665:
624:Co-rule with Roman
566:
548:War with Byzantium
487:Holy Roman Emperor
399:
355:Cometopuli dynasty
346:
277:battle of Kleidion
165:Bulgarian Orthodox
18:Samuil of Bulgaria
6455:
6454:
6425:(1908–1946)
6276:Constantine I Tih
6217:(1185–1422)
6204:Constantine Bodin
5986:
5985:
5977:Succeeded by
5974:
5793:978-0-521-76705-7
5690:Treadgold, Warren
5501:. Sofia: Borina.
5240:978-0-521-61637-9
4469:Pencho Slaveikov
3644:Pope Innocent III
3576:Skylitzes, p. 450
3558:Skylitzes, p. 449
3134:978-0-902089-39-6
3056:978-0-902089-39-6
2569:on April 17, 2008
2545:Schlumberger, G,
2331:978-608-203-024-1
2162:
2161:
1870:Kingdom of Serbia
1787:Livingston Island
1660:Samuel's Fortress
1637:
1636:
1277:Theme of Bulgaria
661:Gregory Taronites
451:Roman of Bulgaria
197:[sɐmuˈiɫ]
170:
169:
16:(Redirected from
6515:
6400:Ivan Shishman II
6333:Michael Asen III
6328:George Terter II
6029:(680–1018)
6012:
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5998:
5989:
5988:
5968:
5952:Preceded by
5949:
5948:
5897:John Skylitzes,
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5633:Runciman, Steven
5624:
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4147:on May 25, 2009.
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2494:
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1994:Srđan Pirivatrić
1924:Bulgarians. The
1815:Pencho Slaveykov
1761:Michael Shishman
1722:Yahya of Antioch
1699:Stepanos Asoghik
1631:Unknown daughter
1626:Unknown daughter
1366:
1365:
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1138:. Its governor,
1039:War with Hungary
1004:Balkan Mountains
846:
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689:Saint Achilleios
536:, and to attack
249:Byzantine Empire
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6259:Kaliman Asen II
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5598:Joan Hussey
4991:, p. 50–51.
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4448:Ivan Vazov
3209:Strategikon
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1926:Balkan Wars
1900:", and his
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1681:written in
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861:See of Rome
803:Thermopylae
693:Lake Prespa
681:Peloponnese
671:, but also
494:Quedlinburg
431:Kievan Rus'
67:Predecessor
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6176:Presian II
6167:Byzantines
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4456:2008-09-10
4414:. Аbagar.
4396:2008-09-10
4371:2007-04-28
4346:2007-04-28
4325:Καθημερινή
4316:(in Greek)
4287:2007-04-28
4219:2008-09-10
3738:Antoljak,
3679:Шишић 1928
3667:Шишић 1928
3624:Шишић 1928
3389:2008-03-23
3268:W. Seibt,
3204:Kekaumenos
3177:Kekaumenos
2809:9004352996
2778:Cometopuli
2712:Mar BCLSMP
2593:2008-05-23
2573:2008-05-23
2532:Argoe, K.
2470:2008-05-23
2450:2008-05-23
2388:0190253223
2373:, p. 871.
2371:0804726302
2283:0521815398
2265:References
2129:Spercheios
2055:Zoran Zaev
2019:Bulgarians
1948:historian
1874:Yugoslavia
1829:See also:
1811:Ivan Vazov
1791:Antarctica
1397:of Armenia
1208:Nestoritsa
1132:Spercheios
1108:Adrianople
1104:Greek fire
988:millennium
817:it in the
594:Asia Minor
530:Adrianople
524:coast and
481:simply as
435:Sviatoslav
373:Cometopuli
353:See also:
210:pronounced
202:Macedonian
193:pronounced
135:Cometopuli
6447:Simeon II
6442:Boris III
6111:Presian I
6051:Kormisosh
5676:cite book
5544:. Kibea.
5462:cite book
5225:, p. 314.
5208:, p. 236.
5191:, p. 109.
5056:, p. 345.
5008:, p. 313.
4899:, p. 206.
4641:, p. 169.
4583:, p. 172.
3862:, p. 489.
3763:), p. 34.
3589:, p. 17,
3346:cite book
3259:, p. 171.
3185:pp. 65–66
3076:(803–814)
2811:, p. 156.
2682:cite book
2619:, p. 142.
2500:, p. 16,
2483:Whittow,
2424:Skylitzes
2419:strategos
2348:0583-4961
2301:opp. cit.
2285:, p. 242.
2237:bulgarski
2233:balgarski
2229:български
2213:Bulgarian
2203:Footnotes
2154:Strumitsa
1902:Byzantine
1872:, (later
1821:as well.
1707:Macedonia
1620:Miroslava
1361:strategos
1328:Miroslava
1083:Stephen I
1016:Nikulitsa
961:Miroslava
913:Dubrovnik
645:castrated
518:Strumitsa
498:tetrarchy
369:Macedonia
231:) of the
185:Bulgarian
123:Miroslava
77:Successor
6384:Ottomans
6224:Peter II
6136:Boris II
6126:Simeon I
6121:Vladimir
5971:de facto
5966:997–1014
5921:Archived
5907:Archived
5827:(2009).
5755:67080314
5692:(1997).
5635:(1930).
5621:41476117
5366:Archived
5242:, p. 15.
5139:, p. 78.
5104:, p. 53.
4857:, p. 67.
4726:, p. 48.
4659:, p. 48.
4619:, p. 35.
4601:, p. iii
4554:, p. 36.
4162:Archived
4106:80070403
3725:Holmes,
3713:23538214
3428:E Codd.
3338:79291155
3305:Dennis,
3257:Historia
3034:, p. 90.
2958:74302950
2791:Historia
2728:, I, 2,
2674:11193528
2641:, p. 140
2414:Basil II
2390:, p. 82.
2227:, as in
2149:Kleidion
2070:See also
1976:and its
1972:of that
1918:Bulgaria
1840:Overview
1395:Ripsimia
1388:Nicholas
1201:Kleidion
1128:defeated
1030:rivers.
905:Dalmatia
733:Phaethon
679:and the
673:Thessaly
636:Boris II
603:Dupnitsa
598:Basil II
562:Boris II
534:Belgrade
514:Kastoria
506:Thessaly
472:de facto
290:, where
253:Basil II
161:Religion
145:Nicholas
6423:Kingdom
6393:Fruzhin
6313:Ivan II
6308:Smilets
6234:Kaloyan
6197:Alusian
6190:Tihomir
6131:Peter I
6116:Boris I
6106:Malamir
6101:Omurtag
6086:Telerig
6036:Asparuh
5414:Sources
5070:(ed.).
4937:, p. 33
4781:, p. 1.
4681:p. 192.
4233:Asoghik
4071:8553856
3924:3736478
3648:Kaloyan
3498:Carmina
3030:Seibt,
2823:Delev,
2409:Antioch
2036:epitaph
2024:Misians
1942:Russian
1890:part of
1864:of the
1775:Petrich
1742:parrots
1613:Radomir
1265:Presian
1252:themata
1028:Maritsa
1008:Preslav
969:Magyars
925:Gojslav
917:Croatia
825:Emperor
747:on the
727:Moesian
701:Ihtiman
685:Larissa
659:, duke
456:Preslav
433:Prince
395:Preslav
320:Boris I
300:Balkans
269:Hungary
265:Croatia
237:general
228:Emperor
130:Dynasty
103:Spouses
6293:Ivaylo
6146:Samuel
6091:Kardam
6061:Telets
6041:Tervel
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