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Byzantines
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (26)
Negative Trigger
During
the
civil
war
in
Byzantium
in
1320s
and
1330s
,
the
Serbs
conquered
Conquering
most
of
the
Bulgarian
and
Aromanian
populated
Macedonia
from
the
Byzantines
.
The
Byzantines
often
lost
Earnings_and_losses
control
over
the
Ottomans
then
as
the
latter
regularly
plundered
Robbery
villages
in
the
Southern
Balkans
after
the
1320s
.
970
until
1018
,
a
series
of
conflicts
Hostile_encounter
between
the
Bulgarian
Empire
and
the
Byzantine
Empire
led to
Causation
the
gradual
conquest
Conquering
of
Bulgaria
by
the
Byzantines
,
who
thus
re-established
Recovering
their
control
Control
over
the
entire
Balkan
peninsula
for
the
first
time
since
the
7th-century
Slavic
invasions
Attack
.
The
four
brothers
David
,
Moses
,
Aron
and
Samuel
of
the
Cometopuli
dynasty
ruled
Control
in
the
free
territories
and
in
976
launched
Process_start
a
major
offensive
Attack
against
the
Byzantines
to
regain
Getting
the
lost
lands
.
The
Byzantines
under
Basil
II
,
a
successful
general
and
experienced
soldier
,
slowly
got
Getting
the
upper
hand
and
from
1001
started
Process_start
to
seize
Conquering
a
number
of
important
areas
and
towns
.
In
1014
the
Byzantines
won
the
decisive
battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Kleidion
and
Samuel
died
Death
a
few
weeks
later
.
The
conquest
Attack
of
Amorium
was
not
only
a
major
military
disaster
Catastrophe
and
a
heavy
personal
blow
for
Theophilos
,
but
also
a
traumatic
event
Social_event
for
the
Byzantines
,
its
impact
resonating
in
later
literature
.
The
Byzantines
under
Manuel
I
Komnenos
could
muster
some
200
ships
.
The
brothers
Peter
and
Asen
built
Building
the
Church
of
St
Demetrius
of
Thessaloniki
in
Tarnovo
,
dedicated
Giving
to
Saint
Demetrius
,
who
was
traditionally
considered
a
patron
of
the
Byzantine
city
of
Thessaloniki
,
and
claimed
Statement
that
the
Saint
had
ceased
Process_end
to
favour
the
Byzantines
:
``
God
had
decided
Deciding
to
free
Releasing
the
Bulgarians
and
the
Vlach
people
and
to
lift
Process_end
the
yoke
that
they
had
borne
Bringing
for
so
long
''
.
During
the
solar
eclipse
of
21
April
1186
,
the
Byzantines
successfully
attacked
Attack
the
rebels
,
many
of
whom
fled
Escaping
north
of
the
Danube
,
making
Manufacturing
contact
with
the
Cumans
.
The
Byzantines
obtained
Getting
a
few
minor
victories
before
winter
,
but
the
rebels
,
helped
Assistance
by
the
Cumans
and
employing
Employment
their
mountain
tactics
,
still
held
Defending
the
advantage
.
This
was
contrary
to
the
wishes
of
the
Eastern
Rite
Byzantines
,
who
wanted
the
land
that
the
Muslims
took
Conquering
from
them
returned
Arriving
,
rather
than
occupied
Control
by
Latin
Catholics
.
During
the
first
centuries
,
the
Byzantines
were
usually
on
the
defensive
Defending
,
and
avoided
Preventing_or_letting
open
Openness
field
battles
,
preferring
Choosing
to
retreat
Escaping
to
their
fortified
Cause_change_of_strength
strongholds
.
920
to
976
,
the
Byzantines
finally
broke
Bodily_harm
through
the
Muslim
defences
and
restored
Recovering
their
control
over
northern
Syria
and
Greater
Armenia
.
Simeon
I
called
Request
for
truce
Process_end
and
deliberately
protracted
Change_event_time
the
negotiations
Communication
with
the
Byzantines
until
securing
Getting
the
assistance
Assistance
of
the
Pechenegs
.
Under
the
treaty
Sign_agreement
,
the
Byzantines
also
ceded
Surrendering
an
area
between
the
Black
Sea
and
the
Strandzha
mountains
to
Bulgaria
.
The
Byzantines
,
who
in
the
meantime
had
neutralized
Preventing_or_letting
the
detachment
left
to
secure
Getting
the
Abbasid
army
's
rear
in
Phrygia
,
were
able
to
trap
Conquering
Harun
's
army
between
their
own
converging
Come_together
forces
Causation
.
In
1040
Peter
Delyan
,
an
illegitimate
relative
of
Samuel
,
the
Bulgar
king
,
led
an
uprising
Change_of_leadership
against
the
Byzantines
and
was
proclaimed
Statement
Emperor
of
Bulgaria
.
Alusian
,
who
initially
sought
to
lead
the
army
against
the
Byzantines
,
secretly
negotiated
Communication
a
deal
Arranging
with
Emperor
Michael
IV
at
Mosynopolis
and
was
rewarded
Rewards_and_punishments
with
a
title
of
``
magistros
''
.
Consequently
,
large
parts
of
Syria
,
excluding
its
capital
city
of
Damascus
,
were
taken
Conquering
by
the
Byzantines
,
even
if
only
for
a
few
years
,
with
a
new
theme
of
Syria
integrated
Cause_to_amalgamate
into
the
expanding
Expansion
empire
.
In
addition
to
the
natural
gains
of
land
,
and
wealth
and
manpower
received
Receiving
from
these
victories
,
the
Byzantines
also
inflicted
Bodily_harm
a
psychological
defeat
Earnings_and_losses
on
their
opponents
by
recapturing
Conquering
territory
deemed
holy
and
important
to
Christendom
,
in
particular
the
city
of
Antioch—allowing
Byzantium
to
hold
Defending
two
of
Christendoms
'
five
most
important
Patriarchs
,
those
making up
Becoming_a_member
the
Pentarchy
.
Nonetheless
,
the
Arabs
remained
Temporary_stay
a
fierce
opponent
to
the
Byzantines
and
a
temporary
Fatimid
recovery
after
``
c.
''
970
had
the
potential
to
reverse
Change
many
of
the
earlier
victories
.
The
death
of
Manuel
Komnenos
in
1180
terminated
Process_end
military
campaigns
far
from
Constantinople
and
after
the
Fourth
Crusade
both
the
Byzantines
and
the
Arabs
were
engaged
Hostile_encounter
in
other
conflicts
until
they
were
conquered
Conquering
by
the
Ottoman
Turks
in
the
15th
and
16th
centuries
,
respectively
.
Today
,
the
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Manzikert
is
widely
seen
Perception_active
as
the
moment
when
the
Byzantines
lost
Earnings_and_losses
the
war
against
the
Turks
;
however
the
Byzantine
military
was
of
questionable
quality
before
1071
with
regular
Turkish
incursions
overrunning
Destroying
the
failing
theme
system
.
Within
a
hundred
years
of
Manzikert
,
the
Byzantines
had
successfully
driven
Motion
back
the
Turks
from
the
coasts
of
Asia
Minor
and
extended
Expansion
their
influence
right
down
to
Palestine
and
even
Egypt
.
Later
,
the
Byzantines
were
unable
to
extract
Getting
any
more
assistance
,
and
the
Fourth
Crusade
even
led to
Causation
the
sack
of
Constantinople
.
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