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Battle of the Spercheios

997 · 10th century · Also known as Battle of Spercheios · Part of the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria

The Battle of the Spercheios was fought in 997 on the river Spercheios in central Greece. The Byzantine general Nikephoros Ouranos surprised the army of Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria, returning from a raid into southern Greece, and destroyed it; Samuel and his son Gavril Radomir were wounded but escaped. The defeat ended Bulgarian raids deep into Greece.

Battle of the Spercheios
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