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Battle of Pliska, the Glossary

The Battle of Pliska or Battle of Vărbitsa Pass was a series of battles between troops, gathered from all parts of the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Nicephorus I, and the First Bulgarian Empire, governed by Khan Krum. The Byzantines plundered and burned the Bulgar capital Pliska which gave time for the Bulgarians to block passes in the Balkan Mountains that served as exits out of Bulgaria.^[1]

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Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

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Anatolic Theme

The Anatolic Theme (Άνατολικόν, Anatolikon), more properly known as the Theme of the Anatolics (Greek: θέμα Άνατολικῶν, thema Anatolikōn), was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian province) in central Asia Minor (modern Turkey).

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Balkan Mountains

The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkans in Southeastern Europe. Battle of Pliska and Balkan Mountains are Balkan mountains.

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Balkans

The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.

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Byzantine army

The Byzantine army was the primary military body of the Byzantine armed forces, serving alongside the Byzantine navy.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantine–Bulgarian wars

The Byzantine–Bulgarian wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantine Empire and Bulgaria which began after the Bulgars conquered parts of the Balkan peninsula after 680 AD.

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Constantine Manasses

Constantine Manasses (Κωνσταντῖνος Μανασσῆς) was a Byzantine chronicler who flourished in the 12th century during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos (1143–1180).

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Edirne

Edirne, historically known as Adrianople (Adrianoúpolis), is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace.

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Excubitors

The Excubitors (excubitores or excubiti,, i.e. 'sentinels'; transcribed into Greek as ἐξκουβίτορες or ἐξκούβιτοι) were founded in as an imperial guard-unit by the Byzantine emperor Leo I the Thracian.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans. Battle of Pliska and First Bulgarian Empire are 9th century in Bulgaria.

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History of the Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire's history is generally periodised from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD.

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Ivan Duichev

Ivan Simeonov Duichev (Иван Симеонов Дуйчев; May 1, 1907, Sofia - April 24, 1986, Sofia) was a Bulgarian historian and paleographer with a focus on Bulgarian and Byzantine medieval history.

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Joannes Zonaras

Joannes or John Zonaras (Ἰωάννης Ζωναρᾶς; 1070 – 1140) was a Byzantine Greek historian, chronicler and theologian who lived in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey).

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Karnobat

Karnobat (Карнобат) is a town in the Burgas Province, Southeastern Bulgaria.

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Krum

Krum (Крум, Κροῦμος/Kroumos), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome (Крум Страшни) was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814.

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List of Byzantine emperors

The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.

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Michael I Rangabe

Michael I Rangabé (also spelled Rangabe or Rhangabe; Mikhaḗl Rangabé; c. 770 – 11 January 844) was Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813. Battle of Pliska and Michael I Rangabe are 810s in the Byzantine Empire.

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Michael the Syrian

Saint Michael the Syrian (Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani),(Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Mīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was a patriarch and saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199.

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Military deception

Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action or inaction that creates favorable conditions for the deceiving force.

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Moesia

Moesia (Latin: Moesia; Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River.

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Night combat

Night combat is combat that occurs during the hours of darkness.

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Nikephoros I

Nikephoros I (Νικηφόρος; Nicephorus; 750 – 26 July 811) was Byzantine emperor from 802 to 811. Battle of Pliska and Nikephoros I are 810s in the Byzantine Empire.

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Pannonian Avars

The Pannonian Avars were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins.

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Patrician (ancient Rome)

The patricians (from patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome.

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Pliska

Pliska (label) was the first capital of the First Bulgarian Empire during the Middle Ages and is now a small town in Shumen Province, on the Ludogorie plateau of the Danubian Plain, 20 km northeast of the provincial capital, Shumen.

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Scriptor Incertus

Scriptor Incertus de Leone Armenio ("unknown writer on Leo the Armenian") is the conventional Latin designation given to the anonymous author of a 9th-century Byzantine historical work, of which only two fragments survive.

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Serdika

Serdika or Serdica (Bulgarian: Сердика) is the historical Roman name of Sofia, now the capital of Bulgaria.

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Siege of Serdica (809)

The siege of Serdica (Обсадата на Сердика) took place in the spring of 809 at modern Sofia, Bulgaria. Battle of Pliska and siege of Serdica (809) are 9th century in Bulgaria and Battles of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars.

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Sisinnios Triphyllios

Sisinnios Triphyllios (Σισίννιος Τριφύλλιος, died 26 July 811) was one of the senior dignitaries of the Roman Empire during the reign of Empress Irene of Athens (797–802) and her successor Emperor Nikephoros I (802–811).

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Skull cup

A skull cup is a drinking vessel or eating bowl made from an inverted human calvaria that has been cut away from the rest of the skull.

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Staurakios

Staurakios (Staurákios; Stauracius, early 790s – 11 January 812), was the shortest-reigning Byzantine emperor, ruling for 68 days between 26 July and 2 October 811. Battle of Pliska and Staurakios are 810s in the Byzantine Empire.

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Strategos

Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (στρατηγός, pl.; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general.

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Struma (river)

The Struma or Strymónas (Bulgarian: Струма; Στρυμόνας) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.

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Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church (ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo); also known as West Syriac Church or West Syrian Church, officially known as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pliska

Also known as Battle of Pliska (Battle of Varbica pass) 813, Battle of Pliska (Battle of Vărbica pass) 813, Battle of Vărbitsa Pass.

Battle of Pliska, the Glossary

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810s conflicts

810s in the Byzantine Empire

811

9th century in Bulgaria

Ambushes in Europe

Battles involving the First Bulgarian Empire

Battles of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars

Byzantine–Hungarian wars

Night battles

Pliska

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