{"slug": "dobruja", "label": "Dobruja", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobruja", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182660", "qid": "Q182660", "description": "historical region shared by Romania and Bulgaria", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-338, 1417], "span_label": ["339 BCE", "1417 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}], "related": [{"slug": "moesia", "label": "Moesia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "danube", "label": "Danube", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mircea-i-of-wallachia", "label": "Mircea I of Wallachia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "looting", "label": "Looting", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-macedon", "label": "Philip II of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scythians", "label": "Scythians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sviatoslav-i", "label": "Sviatoslav I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "siege", "label": "Siege", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkan-mountains", "label": "Balkan Mountains", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -338, "year_label": "339 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Philip II of Macedon decides to attack the Scythians, using as an excuse their reluctance to allow Philip to dedicate a statue of Heracles at the Danube estuary. The two armies clash on the plains of modern-day Dobruja. The ninety-year-old King of the Scythians, Ateas, is killed during the battle and his army is routed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1032056745#Greece", "title": "339 BC", "revid": 1032056745, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": 46, "year_label": "46 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Dobruja is annexed into Roman Moesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_46", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 46"}}, {"year": 251, "year_label": "251 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Battle of Abritus: The Goths defeat Emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus, on swampy ground in the Dobruja (Moesia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188077#Roman_Empire", "title": "251", "revid": 1371188077, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Balkan Campaign: The Slavs invade the Byzantine provinces of Moesia and Macedonia again; during their pillaging the towns of Aquis, Scupi and Zaldapa in Dobruja are destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: The Bulgars under Asparukh subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria, north of the Balkan Mountains. Emperor Constantine IV leads a combined land and sea operation against the invaders and besieges their fortified camp in Dobruja.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Silistra: A Kievan army (60,000 men) led by Sviatoslav I crosses the Lower Danube and defeats the Bulgarians at Silistra. He occupies most of the Dobruja by seizing 80 fortresses in northeastern Bulgaria. They are looted and destroyed but not permanently occupied. During the winter, Sviatoslav transfers the capital from Kiev to Pereyaslavets.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Europe", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1388, "year_label": "1388 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mircea I of Wallachia takes control of the region of Dobruja, thus preventing its occupation by the Ottomans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360557860#Date_unknown", "title": "1388", "revid": 1360557860, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1417, "year_label": "1417 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Mircea cel Bătrân loses Dobruja to the Ottomans and pays them tribute, thus preventing Wallachia from becoming an Ottoman province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829183#Date_unknown", "title": "1417", "revid": 1368829183, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}