Battle of Pankalia
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The Battle of Pankaleia was fought in 978 or 979 between the army loyal to the Byzantine emperor Basil II, commanded by Bardas Phokas the Younger, and the forces of the rebel general Bardas Skleros, which ultimately led to the defeat and exile of the latter. Sources are unclear in the succession and location of the events, so that while earlier scholars followed John Skylitzes in placing the Battle of Pankaleia in March 979 as the decisive victory for loyalist forces, today, following Leo the Deacon's account, it is placed in June 978 and regarded as a defeat for Phokas.
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978 — 979 Battle of Pankalia
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 300 | Battle of Ipsus | battle | Wikidata |
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| event | armed conflict | 708 | Battle of Amorium | Byzantine Empire, battle, Umayyad Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 804 | Battle of Krasos | Abbasid Caliphate, Byzantine Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 838 | Sack of Amorium | Byzantine Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 978 | Battle of Pankalia | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1074 | battle of the Zompe Bridge | Byzantine Empire, battle, Normans | Wikidata |