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but two years later it was taken by the Byzantines during the Battle of Dorostolon. In 976, Tsar Samuel restored Bulgarian rule in the region until 1001...

flee to the northern fortress of Dorostolon (Drustur/Dorostorum). Emperor John proceeded to lay siege to Dorostolon, which lasted for 65 days. His army...

captured Preslav, the capital. After a three-month siege of the fortress of Dorostolon, Sviatoslav agreed to terms with the Byzantines and withdrew from Bulgaria...

creation. It was governed by a katepano or a doux, and was probably based at Dorostolon (modern Silistra), where a Byzantine strategia ("generalcy") is indeed...

expedition and went on to fight in a number of engagements during the Siege of Dorostolon. According to Leo the Deacon, during a sally of the besieged Rus, Anemas...

Deacon testify that Sphangel (as he was known to them) met his death at Dorostolon the same year, the Slavonic chronicles mention Sveneld's activities several...

Thrace, and Alexios crossed into Moesia to retaliate but failed to take Dorostolon (Silistra). During his retreat, the emperor was confronted and defeated...

Tzimiskes took the main army across Mt. Haemus, and besieged the fortress of Dorostolon (Silistra) on the Danube for 65 days, where after several hard-fought...

(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Battle of Dorostolon: A Byzantine expeditionary army (possibly 30–40,000 men) attacks the Bulgarian...

Byzantine Varangian Guard) had suffered a devastating defeat in the Siege of Dorostolon, the victors were stunned to discover armed women among the fallen warriors...

The Battle of Dorostolon was fought in August 1087 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, led by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the Pechenegs who...

In compliance with the treaty made by his father after the Siege of Dorostolon (971), Vladimir sent 6,000 men to Basil. Vladimir took the opportunity...

wintered at Pereyaslavets, while the Bulgarians retreated to the fortress of Dorostolon (Silistra). Sviatoslav Igorevich was eventually forced to return to Kiev...

converts was the prince Anemas, who entered Byzantine service and fell at Dorostolon, in the war of 970–971 against the Rus'. This early Muslim period of Crete...

Avellino (969) Siege of Antioch (971) – Arab–Byzantine wars Siege of Dorostolon (971) by the Byzantines Siege of Nisibis (972) – Arab–Byzantine wars Siege...

Mauricius Tiberius, the Slavs devastated Dobruja, destroying the cities of Dorostolon, Zaldapa, and Tropaeum. In 591/593, Byzantine general Priscus tried to...

were holding a number of Bulgar princes hostage. Sviatoslav retreated to Dorostolon, which the Byzantine armies besieged for sixty-five days. Cut off and...

967/968 971 Battle of Silistra 968 Battle of Arcadiopolis 970 Siege of Dorostolon 971 Rus'–Byzantine War 1024 1024 Rus'–Byzantine War 1043 1043 Syrian campaigns...

with Euchaita in the Roman province or Pontus in Asia Minor). Former Dorostolon, renamed after Byzantine empress Theodora, wife of John I Tzimisces This...

Bulgars led by Prince Simeon I defeat a Byzantine army decisively. Siege of Dorostolon The Bulgars under their princes Boris-Michael and his son Symeon finally...