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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Siege of Adrianople (813) canonical 1

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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) ⓘ