18 apr 802 anni - Fall of Sirmium

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After the Battle of Moesia, Marcianopolis had fallen once again, and now the Bulgars were in control of the all the provinces along the Danube in the East. Then Krum turned West, striking into Dacia as well. Joining him were an army of Croats from out of what had been Dalmatia, encircling Sirmium with twenty-five thousand men. The local Slavs resisted, but were defeated, then Sirmium fell in April 802. Nikephoros set out with what soldiers he could muster, about eighteen thousand, looking to retake Moesia. The Roman army laid siege to Nicopolis, but were forced to withdraw when a larger Bulgar army approached.

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