Battle of Serres

41°5′N 23°33′E / 41.083°N 23.550°E / 41.083; 23.550

Battle of Serres
Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Date1196
Location
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Asen I[1] Sebastokrator Isaac

The battle of Serres (Bulgarian: Битка при Сяр, Greek: Μάχη των Σερρών) took place in 1196 near the town of Serres in contemporary Greece between the armies of the Bulgarian and the Byzantine Empire. The result was Bulgarian victory.

  1. ^ Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.-L. Van Dieten, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975); trans. as O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, by H.J. Magoulias (Detroit; Wayne State University Press, 1984)

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