Nicephorus Uranus

Nicephorus Uranus

Nicephorus Uranus was a key figure in the late-10th to early 11th Century Byzantine defeat of the Bulgarian army of Tsar Samuel.

In 997, shortly after having been appointed a general by the emperor Basil II, Nicephorus won a battle on the banks of the Spercheus near Thermopylae in which the Bulgarians were thoroughly defeated and Samuel barely escaped with his life.


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