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Battle of Katasyrtai |
year: 917September 917 |
| The Bulgarians defeated the last Byzantine forces outside Constantinople | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Bulgarians
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location: At the village of Katasyrtai, outside Constantinople
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battle type: Pitched Battle |
war: Bulgarian Wars |
modern country:
Turkey |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Constantine VII Porfyrogenitos) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | General Leo Phokas | Tsar Symeon I |
| Forces: | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Background story: |
| After the disastrous defeat in the battle of Anchialus on 20th August 917, the Bulgarian army marched against the Byzantine capital. While the victorious Bulgarian army was marching southwards, the Byzantine commander Leo Phokas, who survived at Anchialus, reached Constantinople by sea and gathered the last Byzantine troops to intercept his enemy before reaching the capital. |
The Battle: |
 Symeon at the walls of Constantinople |
Noteworthy: |
| The Bulgarians did not realize that they confronted the last available Byzantine troops and, thus, may have lost a unique opportunity to take Constantinople. |
Aftermath: |
| The last Byzantine military forces were destroyed and the way to Constantinople was opened but the Serbs rebelled in the west and the Bulgarians decided to secure their rear before the final assault against Constantinople. |
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