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Thessalonica, Battle of

Years: 995 - 995

The Battle of Thessalonica occurs in 995 or earlier, near the city of Thessalonica, Greece.

The battle is part of the long Bulgarian–Byzantine war of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries.

The Bulgarians under their ruler, Tsar Samuel, succeed in ambushing and destroying the Byzantine garrison of Thessalonica, killing its commander, Gregory Taronites, and capturing his son Ashot.Contents

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)