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Battle of Thessalonica (1014)

1010s in the Byzantine Empire1014 in Europe11th century in BulgariaBasil IIBattles involving the First Bulgarian Empire
Battles of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars in ThessalonicaConflicts in 1014Military history of Thessaloniki

The battle of Thessalonica (Bulgarian: Битка при Солун) was fought between the Bulgarian and the Byzantine Empires in the summer of 1014 near the city of Thessalonica in contemporary northern Greece. The Bulgarian army under the command of Nestoritsa was defeated by the Byzantines led by the governor of Thessalonica Theophylactus Botaniates and it was unable to divert the main Byzantine forces who were attacking the Bulgarian ramparts between the Belasitsa and Ograzhden mountains.

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