Siege of Varna (1201)

Siege Of Varna (1201)

Early wars

  • Ongal
  • 1st Anchialus
  • 1st Marcellae
  • Rishki Pass
  • 2nd Anchialus
  • Berzitia
  • 2nd Marcellae

Krum's campaigns

  • Serdica
  • Pliska
  • Versinikia
  • 1st Adrianople
  • Burdizon

Simeon I's campaigns

  • Boulgarophygon
  • Achelous (3rd Anchialus)
  • Katasyrtai
  • Pegae

Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria

  • 1st Arcadiopolis
  • Dorostolon

Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria

  • Trajan's Gates
  • 1st Thessalonica
  • Spercheios
  • Skopje
  • 2nd Thessalonica
  • Kreta
  • 3rd Thessalonica
  • Kleidion
  • Strumitsa
  • Bitola
  • Setina
  • Dyrrhachium

Uprising of Peter Delyan

  • 4th Thessalonica
  • 5th Thessalonica
  • Ostrovo

Second Bulgarian Empire

  • Lovech
  • Tryavna
  • 2nd Arcadiopolis
  • Serres
  • Varna
  • Klokotnitsa
  • 2nd Adrianople
  • Devina
  • Skafida
  • Rusokastro

The siege of Varna (Bulgarian: Обсада на Варна) took place between 21 and 24 March 1201 at Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines. The Bulgarians were victorious and captured the city.

Read more about Siege Of Varna (1201):  Prelude, The Siege, Aftermath, References

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