Siege of Adrianople (813)

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The Siege of Adrianople (813) was a major early 9th-century military engagement in which Bulgarian forces under Khan Krum besieged and captured the Byzantine city of Adrianople during the Byzantine–Bulgarian wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
associatedDynasty Krum dynasty
associatedWithRuler Krum of Bulgaria
attacker First Bulgarian Empire
belligerent Byzantine Empire
First Bulgarian Empire
capturedCity Adrianople
chronologicalOrderInWar after the Battle of Versinikia
combatant Bulgarian forces under Khan Krum
Byzantine garrison of Adrianople
commander Khan Krum
Krum of Bulgaria
conflict Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
conflictType medieval siege
defender Byzantine Empire
endTime 813
era early 9th century
followedBy Bulgarian raids in Thrace
geographicalContext Eastern Roman (Byzantine) frontier with Bulgaria
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire
First Bulgarian Empire
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
historicalRegion Balkans
languageOfPrimarySources Greek
Old Bulgarian
linked to: Church Slavonic
locatedInPresentDay Edirne
Turkey
location Adrianople
Byzantine Empire
Thrace
militaryTheater Thrace
opponent Byzantine Empire
First Bulgarian Empire
opposingEmpire Byzantine Empire under Leo V the Armenian
linked to: Leo V dynasty
outcome capture of Adrianople by Bulgarians
partOf Byzantine–Bulgarian wars
medieval Byzantine–Bulgarian conflicts
reign of Krum of Bulgaria
linked to: Khan Krum
pointInTime 813
precededBy Battle of Versinikia
relatedEvent Bulgarian advance toward Constantinople (813)
result Bulgarian victory
significance weakened Byzantine control in Thrace
startTime 813
strategicImportance control of Thracian approaches to Constantinople
usedWarfareType siege warfare

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Adrianople siteOfSiege Siege of Adrianople (813)