Battle of Spercheios

The Battle of Spercheios took place in 997 AD, on the shores of the Spercheios river near the city of Lamia in central Greece. It was fought between a Bulgarian army led by Tsar Samuil, which in the previous year had penetrated south into Greece, and a Byzantine army under the command of General Nikephoros Ouranos. The Byzantine victory virtually destroyed the Bulgarian army, and ended its raids in the southern Balkans and Greece. The major historical source on the battle comes from Greek historian John Skylitzes whose Synopsis of Histories contains a biography of the then-reigning Byzantine emperor, Basil II.

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997  Wikidata
battle, Byzantine Empire, First Bulgarian Empire, 

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997 Battle of Spercheios

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1270 Battle of Neopatras

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1821 Battle of Patraziki

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1823-08-28T00:00:00Z

1823 Battle of Kaliakouda

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1924	Second Hellenic Republic		Wikidata
area	region	1974	Third Hellenic Republic		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1270	Battle of Neopatras	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1821	Battle of Patraziki	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1823	Battle of Kaliakouda	battle	Wikidata