Battle of Skafida

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Battle of Skafida
Part of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
Date 1304 Location river Skafida, near Sozopolis, Bulgarian Empire Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodore Svetoslav	Michael IX Palaiologos
Strength
8,000	10,000
Casualties and losses
500-1,000	5,000-6,000

The Battle of Skafida (Bulgarian: Битка при Скафида) was an engagement between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire which occurred in 1304 near Poros (Burgas), modern Bulgaria. The outcome was a Bulgarian victory.^[1] As a result, the Bulgarian Empire overcame the crisis from the end of the 13th century, achieved internal stability and regained most of Thrace. For a time afterwards, Byzantium was not a serious threat to it.