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   Samuel of Bulgaria

   Samuel (also Samuil, representing Bulgarian: Самуил, pronounced [samuˈil]) was the Emperor (Tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 980 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria, and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.
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   Battle of Kleidion

   Opposing him were the Western Bulgarians, now led by Samuel of Bulgaria.
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   Bulgaria (theme)

   Bulgaria thema was a Byzantine theme established by emperor Basil II after the defeat over Samuel of Bulgaria(1014-1018 AD).It was based on the wider regions of Skopje and Ohrid (modern Republic of Macedonia and south Serbia).Its capital was in Skopje and was governed by a strategos.
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   Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile

   He concluded that of the few contemporary Agathas, only one could possibly have been an ancestor of the wife of Edward the Exile, Agatha, wife of Samuel of Bulgaria.
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   Bulgarians in Albania

   Much of Albania was under the rule of Samuel of Bulgaria from 989-995 to 1005, when it was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire; during Samuel's rule, those lands were governed by Ivan Vladimir, his vassal and husband of his daughter Kosara.
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   History of the Eastern Roman Empire

   The Byzantine Empire reached its height under the Macedonian emperors (of Armenian and Greek descent) of the late 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, when it gained control over the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, and all of the territory of tsar Samuel of Bulgaria.
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   Constantine Bodin

   His father Michael was the son of Prince Stefan Vojislav by an unnamed granddaughter of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria.
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   Radoviš

   After the settlement of the Slavs, during the rule of Samuel of Bulgaria, Radoviš became a business centre while the medieval town of Konče was a monastery and episcopal centre.
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   Struga

   The Church Sveta Bogorodica (St. Mary) in the village of Vraništa, is believed to be the one where Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria was crowned.
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    Amfissa

    Since the middle of the 9th century, new invaders, the Bulgars, raided the region of Phocis and sieged Amfissa several times, but the most raging was in 996, when Samuel of Bulgaria destroyed the town and slaughtered its people. in 1059, Scythian tribes sieged Amfissa for one more time and forced the Amfissians to hide in caves of the region to avoid the massacre.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Samuel of Bulgaria,
• Battle of Kleidion,
• Bulgaria (theme),
• Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile,
• Bulgarians in Albania,
• History of the Eastern Roman Empire,
• Constantine Bodin,
• Radoviš,
• Struga,
• Amfissa