CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE VLACH-BULGARIAN-BYZANTINE MILITARY RELATIONS SINCE 1185-1202 Cover Image

CONSIDERAȚII PRIVIND EVOLUȚIA RAPORTURILOR MILITARE VLAHO-BULGARO-BIZANTINE DIN PERIOADA 1185-1202
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE VLACH-BULGARIAN-BYZANTINE MILITARY RELATIONS SINCE 1185-1202

Author(s): Vasile Mărculeţ
Subject(s): History, Diplomatic history, Military history, Ancient World, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Editura Muzeului National al Marinei Romane
Keywords: Danube;Middle Ages;Byzantium;Bulgarians;

Summary/Abstract: The anti-Byzantine revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgarians since the autumn of 1185 ends in 1188 with a victory. With the help of the North-Danubian Cumans, the Vlachs and the Bulgarians were establishing the Vlach-Bulgarian Tzardom. The period of time between the autumn of 1185 and the spring/summer of 1202 was characterized by almost uninterrupted military confrontations between Byzantium and the Vlach-Bulgarian-Cumans. During the Vlach-Bulgarian-Byzantine military reports from this period of time can be identified three stages: a) autumn 1185 – summer 1186; b) autumn 1186 – 1196; c) 1196 – spring/summer 2002. In the first stage the military superiority of the Byzantine Empire was indisputable. The second stage is characterized by the establishment of some balance between strength ratios. The third stage marks the complete takeover of the military initiative by the Vlach-Bulgarian-Cumans allies.

  • Issue Year: VII/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-16
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Romanian