Battle of Thessalonica, Siege of Thessalonica, or Sack of Thessalonica may refer to:
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Siege of Thessalonica (254)
The siege of Thessalonica in 254 was the successful defense of the city of Thessalonica by local Roman militia during an invasion of the Balkans by the Goths.
Background
In 254 the Goths invaded and plundered Thrace and Macedonia. In 1979, He ...
, an attack on the city by Goths
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Battle of Thessalonica (380)
The Battle of Thessalonica was fought in the summer or autumn of 380 by Fritigern's Goths and a Roman army led by Theodosius I. Reconstituted after Adrianople, the East Roman army suffered another major defeat. Theodosius retreated to Thessalonic ...
, a Gothic victory over the Roman army
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Siege of Thessalonica (586 or 597) Battle of Thessalonica, Siege of Thessalonica, or Sack of Thessalonica may refer to:
* Siege of Thessalonica (254), an attack on the city by Goths
* Battle of Thessalonica (380), a Gothic victory over the Roman army
* Siege of Thessalonica (586 or ...
, a siege of the city by Slavs and Avars, part of the
Avar-Byzantine wars
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Siege of Thessalonica (604) Battle of Thessalonica, Siege of Thessalonica, or Sack of Thessalonica may refer to:
* Siege of Thessalonica (254), an attack on the city by Goths
* Battle of Thessalonica (380), a Gothic victory over the Roman army
* Siege of Thessalonica (586 or ...
, an attack on the city by Slavs, part of the
Avar-Byzantine wars
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Siege of Thessalonica (615) Battle of Thessalonica, Siege of Thessalonica, or Sack of Thessalonica may refer to:
* Siege of Thessalonica (254), an attack on the city by Goths
* Battle of Thessalonica (380), a Gothic victory over the Roman army
* Siege of Thessalonica (586 or ...
, an attack on the city by Slavs
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Siege of Thessalonica (617)
The siege of Thessalonica in 617 or 618 was an unsuccessful siege of the city of Thessalonica, the major Byzantine stronghold in the region, by the Avars and the Slavic tribes (''Sclaveni'') who had settled in the city's vicinity. The attack was ...
, an attack on the city by Slavs and Avars
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Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)
The siege of Thessalonica in 676–678 was an attempt by the local Slavic tribes to capture the Byzantine city of Thessalonica, taking advantage of the preoccupation of the Byzantine Empire with the repulsion of the First Arab Siege of Constantino ...
, a siege of the city by Slavs
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Sack of Thessalonica (904)
The Sack of Thessalonica refers to the capture, and subsequent sack, of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica by the Abbasid Caliphate in the year 904, led by Leo of Tripoli, a privateer and Muslim convert.
Background
The city, which is now in m ...
, a sack of the city by an Arab fleet
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Battle of Thessalonica (995)
The Battle of Thessalonica ( bg, Битката при Солун) occurred in 995 or earlier, near the city of Thessalonica, Greece. The battle was part of the long Bulgarian–Byzantine war of the late 10th and early 11th centuries. The Bulga ...
, a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantines
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Battle of Thessalonica (1004)
The Battle of Thessalonica in 1004 was one of the many attacks of the Bulgarian emperor Samuel against the second most important Byzantine city in the Balkans, Thessalonica. Eight years earlier Samuel had defeated the governor of Thessalonica, ...
, a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantines
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Battle of Thessalonica (1014)
The battle of Thessalonica ( bg, Битка при Солун) was fought between the Bulgarian and the Byzantine Empires in the summer of 1014 near the city of Thessalonica in contemporary northern Greece. The Bulgarian army under the command ...
, a Byzantine victory over the Bulgarians
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Battle of Thessalonica (1040), a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantines
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Battle of Thessalonica (2nd 1040)
The battle of Thessalonica ( bg, Битка при Солун, el, Μάχη της Θεσσαλονίκης) took place in the fall of 1040 near the city of Thessalonica in contemporary Greece between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines. The b ...
, a Byzantine victory over the Bulgarians
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Sack of Thessalonica (1185)
The sack of Thessalonica in 1185 by Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily was one of the worst disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century.
Siege
David Komnenos, the governor of the city, had neglected to make sufficient preparat ...
, a sack of the city by the Normans
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Siege of Thessalonica (1383–1387), capture of the city by the Ottoman Empire from the Byzantines
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Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
The siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 saw the Ottoman Empire, under Sultan Murad II, capture the city of Thessalonica, which remained in Ottoman hands for the next five centuries, until it became part of the Kingdom of Greece in 1912 ...
, capture of the city by the Ottoman Empire from Venice
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