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Battle of Adrianople | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars | |||||||
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Bulgarian Empire | Empire of Nicaea | ||||||
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Michael Asen I of Bulgaria | Theodore II Lascaris |
The Battle of Adrianople was fought in 1254 between the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea and the Bulgarians. Michael Asen I of Bulgaria tried to reconquer land taken by the Empire of Nicaea, but the swift advance of Theodore II Lascaris caught the Bulgarians unprepared. The Byzantines were victorious.