Цар Самуил в Централна и Южна Гърция
Tsar Samuil in Central and Southern Greece
Author(s): Momchil MladenovSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Military history, Political history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: late 10th Century; Greece; urban economic; roads; battle of Spercheios (996)
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents some moments of the campaigns of Tsar Samuil in Central and Southern Greece in the late 10th Century. Aattention was paid to the capture of Larissa – an important administrative and economic center. Thus, way Bulgaria controlled important roads in Greece. We present the archaeological evidence of Athens, Thebes and Corinth – centers of commerce and crafts. Greece in the late 10th century began economic upturn. According the author‘s view the battle of Spercheios (996) was a crucial for the war between Bulgaria and Byzantium.
Journal: Епохи
- Issue Year: XXV/2017
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 432-436
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Bulgarian