Battle Of Strumitsa
The Battle of Strumica took place in August 1014, near Strumica (or Strumitsa), present-day North Macedonia, between Bulgarian and Byzantine forces. For nearly three and a half centuries Bulgaria has threatened the Byzantine Empire's sole rule in the Balkan Peninsula. Making the Bulgars enemy number one of the Byzantines for centuries. In the eighth century, Byzantine emperors Constantine V and Irene had some success by pushing back into their territory, Thrace. That success was short lived however, when the Byzantine emperor Nikephorus I had died in battle against the Bulgarians. Nikephorus I was the first Byzantine emperor to die in battle since the emperor Valens in 378. As a result of Nikephorus I death the Byzantines hit a major setback, and the lands that the Byzantines had recovered were lost. Then when the Bulgar Khan Boris converted to Christianity there was a brief period of diplomacy and even a formal peace in 927. More setbacks would occur for the Byzantines in 971, and ...
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