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5513 |
| Text |
Chronographia (Theophanes) (810 - 814) Theophanes the Confessor |
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Τούτῳ τῷ ἔτει ἐπεστϱάτευσεν Ἰουστινανὸς ϰατὰ Σϰλαυινίας ϰαὶ Βουλγαϱίας. ϰααὶ το]ϑς μὲν Βουλγάϱους πϱὸε τὸ παϱὸν ὑπηντηϰότας ὤϑησεν, μέχϱι δὲ Θεσσαλονίϰης ἐϰδϱαμών, πολλὰ πλήϑη τῆν Σϰλάβων τὰ μὲν πολέμῳ, τὰ δὲ πϱοσϱυέντα παϱαλαβὼν εὶς τὰ τοῦ Ὀψιϰίου διὰ τῆς Ἀβύδου πϱεϱάδου πεϱάσας ϰατέστησε μέϱη. ἑν δὲ τῷ ὑποστϱέφειν αὐτὸν ὁδοστατηϑεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν Βουλγάσων ἐν τῷ στενῷ τῆς ϰλεισούϱας μετὰ σφαγῆς τοῦ οἰϰείου λαοῦ ϰαὶ τϱαυματίας πολλὴς μόλις ἀντιπαϱελϑεῖν ἡδυνήϑη. |
| Translation |
AM 6180 (687/8) (p. 508)
In this year Justinian made an expedition against Sklavinia and Bulgaria. He pushed back for the time being the Bulgars who had come out to oppose him and, having advanced as far as Thessalonica, took a multitude of Slavs, some by war, while others went over to him. He made them cross by way of Abydos and settled them in the area of Opsikion. On his return, however, he was waylaid by the Bulgars in the narrow pass and was barely able to make his way, after suffering the slaughter of his army and many wounded. |
| Summary |
Expedition against Sklavinia and Bulgaria by Justinian II, which is successful in that the Bulgars are pushed back and many Slavs either go over to or are taken prisoner by the Romans and subsequently resettled. On the way back, the troops are attacked by the Bulgars. |
| Quotation source |
AM 6180 (687/8) (p. 364.11-18) |
| Temporal Coverage |
687 - 688 |
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