Isaac fails to crush the revolt of …
Years: 1187 - 1187
Isaac fails to crush the revolt of the Bulgarians and Vlachs, even though he leads expeditions against them in 1186-87.
The Asen brothers regroup, obtain the support of the Cumans, and launch a series of devastating raids against the empire in Thrace and Macedonia.
The brothers check the imperial army in Thrace in 1187; and, in the armistice that follows, which forces Constantinople’s recognition of an autonomous Bulgarian state, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Vlachs
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Angelid dynasty
- Bulgarian Empire (Second), or Empire of Vlachs and Bulgars
