Greetings all,
On this day Byzantium Novum commemorates the start of the siege of Dorostolon, on April 23rd in 971 AD:
Russian forces under Svyatoslav I of Kiev had overrun eastern
Bulgaria and had occupied the city of Dorostolon. The siege was part of a
counteroffensive led by Byzantine forces under Emperor John I
Tzimisces. The Russians were able to hold well until the arrival of
Byzantine ships, which were able to sweep the city ramparts with Greek
Fire. The result was a Byzantine victory.
(The date of the beginning of the Siege is not mentioned in the
Wikipedia article, but is found in the book "Byzantine Military
Organization on the Danube, 10th-12th Centuries" by Alexandru Madgearu,
published in 2013.)
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
www.byzantiumnovum.org
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