Battle_of_Adrianople_(1254) Knowpia

Battle of Adrianople
	Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
	; The Latin Empire and the Partition of the Byzantine Empire after the 4th crusade, c. 1204
Date	1254
Location	Adrianople
Result	Nicaean victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire	Empire of Nicaea
Commanders and leaders
Michael Asen I of Bulgaria	Theodore II Lascaris

The Battle of Adrianople was fought in 1254 between the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea and the Bulgarians. Michael Asen I of Bulgaria tried to reconquer land taken by the Empire of Nicaea, but the swift advance of Theodore II Lascaris caught the Bulgarians unprepared. The Byzantines were victorious.^[1]

References edit

^ Eggenberger, David (1985-01-01). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-24913-1.

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