{"slug": "pliska", "label": "Pliska", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliska", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318889", "qid": "Q318889", "description": "city in Kaspichan municipality, Shumen oblast, Bulgaria", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [767, 1000], "span_label": ["767 CE", "1000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "khan-title", "label": "Khan (title)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantine-v", "label": "Constantine V", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "balkan-mountains", "label": "Balkan Mountains", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantinebulgarian-wars", "label": "Byzantine–Bulgarian wars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bulgarians", "label": "Bulgarians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "boris-i-of-bulgaria", "label": "Boris I of Bulgaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "macedonia-region", "label": "Macedonia (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristocracy", "label": "Aristocracy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "krum", "label": "Krum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nikephoros-i", "label": "Nikephoros I", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 767, "year_label": "767 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Constantine V invades Bulgaria across the Balkan Mountains, setting afire some settlements around the Bulgarian capital of Pliska. Constantine accepts a peace agreement with Pagan, the Bulgar ruler (khagan), whose land is in anarchy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350246348#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "AD 767", "revid": 1350246348, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Berzitia: The Bulgarian ruler (khagan) Telerig sends a small raiding army (12,000 men) to strike into the southwest of Macedonia, and capture Berzitia. Emperor Constantine V is informed about this raid by his spies in Pliska, and assembles an enormous force (80,000 men). He surprises the Bulgarians, who did not expect to find a Byzantine army there, and defeats them decisively. The Bulgars suffer heavy losses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 811, "year_label": "811 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Bulgarian War: Emperor Nikephoros I organises a new campaign against the Bulgarian Empire, gathering an expeditionary force (most of the Roman army) from all parts of the empire. He is accompanied by high-ranking officials and aristocrats, including his son Stauracius and brother-in-law Michael I Rangabe (both later emperors temporarily). Krum, ruler (khan) of Bulgaria, sends envoys to sue for peace. Nikephoros refuses to accept the terms and marches through the Balkan passes towards Pliska, the Bulgarian capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655051#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "811", "revid": 1366655051, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Christianization of Bulgaria begins: Boris I, Knyaz of the Bulgarian Empire, is converted to Orthodox Christianity. His family and high-ranking dignitaries accept the Orthodox faith at the capital, Pliska - from this point onwards the rulers of the Bulgarian Empire are known as ‘Tsars’ rather than ‘Khans’.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Religion", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople ends. The Bulgarians are granted an autocephalous archbishopric. with its seat in the capital of Pliska.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Religion", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Vladimir, ruler (khan) of the Bulgarian Empire, is dethroned by his father Boris I, with help from loyal boyars. He is blinded, and succeeded by his brother Simeon I, as prince of Bulgaria; the capital is moved from Pliska to Preslav. Simeon makes an alliance with the Pechenegs (or Patzinaks), a semi-nomad Turkic tribe from the Central Asian steppes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Europe", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty was engaged in a long and hard war with the First Bulgarian Empire. The Byzantine generals, Theodorokanos and Nikephoros Xiphias captured the former Bulgarian capitals of Pliska and Great Preslav, along with Little Preslav, extending Byzantine control over the northeastern portion of the Bulgarian state (Mysia and Scythia Minor). At the same time, Byzantium was instrumental in the Christianization of Kievan Rus' and of other medieval confederations of Slavic states.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}]}