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The Bulgarians annihilate the Byzantine army at Versinikia.
Battle of Versinikia — The Bulgarians annihilate the Byzantine army at Versinikia.
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Battle of Versinikia The Bulgarians annihilate the Byzantine army at Versinikia.
Territorial expansion of Bulgaria during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814)<br>
During his reign the Bulgarian territory doubled in size, spreading from the middle Danube to the Dnieper and from Odrin to the Tatra Mountains.
Krum's Advances — Territorial expansion of Bulgaria during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814)
During his reign the Bulgarian territory doubled in size, spreading from the middle Danube to the Dnieper and from Odrin to the Tatra Mountains.
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Krum's Advances Territorial expansion of Bulgaria during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814)
During his reign the Bulgarian territory doubled in size, spreading from the middle Danube to the Dnieper and from Odrin to the Tatra Mountains.
Solidus of Leo V the Armenian
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St. Ignatius of Constantinople
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Solidus (Gold, 4.40 g 6). ΘEOFVLACTOS DESP’E Beardless bust of Theophylactus facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand and a cross tipped scepter in
Gold solidus of Theophylactus. 811-813. — Solidus (Gold, 4.40 g 6). ΘEOFVLACTOS DESP’E Beardless bust of Theophylactus facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand and a cross tipped scepter in
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Gold solidus of Theophylactus. 811-813. Solidus (Gold, 4.40 g 6). ΘEOFVLACTOS DESP’E Beardless bust of Theophylactus facing, wearing loros and crown with cross, and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand and a cross tipped scepter in
By the Patriarch, as depicted in the <i>Madrid Skylitzes</i>
Coronation of the Emperor Michael I — By the Patriarch, as depicted in the Madrid Skylitzes
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Coronation of the Emperor Michael I By the Patriarch, as depicted in the Madrid Skylitzes
Michael I Rangabe, from the Madrid Skylitzes
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Staurakios as co-emperor on a gold solidus
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Fresco of St. Photius
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Khan Krum feasts while a servant brings the skull of Nikephoros I fashioned into a drinking cup.
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Khan Krum
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