Regional559 CE

Battle of Melanthius

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Turkey

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Melanthius (559), part of the Byzantine-Balkan Wars. Byzantium defeated Bulgars, Slavs.

Belligerents3

Byzantine Empire
Bulgars
Slavs

ON THE MAPByzantine Empire (Justinian–Maurice)

Conflict graph

PART OFByzantine-Balkan Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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