Battle of Adrianople | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars | |||||||
The Latin Empire and the Partition of the Byzantine Empire after the 4th crusade, c. 1204 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgarian Empire | Empire of Nicaea | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Michael Asen I of Bulgaria | Theodore II Lascaris |
The Battle of Adrianople was fought in 1254 between the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea and the Second Bulgarian Empire. Michael Asen I of Bulgaria attempted to conquer land taken by the Empire of Nicaea, but the advance of Theodore II Lascaris caught the Bulgarians unprepared. The Byzantines were victorious.[1]