battle, medieval

Battle of Bar

Name: Battle of Bar
Location: Bar, Montenegro

Battle of Bar was a battle fought in 1042 at Bar, in what is now Montenegro. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bar. The recorded result: Doclean Serb victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 60,000.

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Fought1042

WhereBar, Montenegro42.100N, 19.100E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDoclean Serb victory

BelligerentsDukljaagainstByzantine Empire; Zachlumia

Casualties and lossesLowand14,000 killed; 7 strategoi killed

Record

Date	1042 (year precision)
Place	Bar, Montenegro 42.100N, 19.100E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	Unknown	60,000
Casualties and losses	Low	14,000 killed; 7 strategoi killed
Commanders	Stefan Vojislav	Michaelus Anastasii Ljutovid of Zahumlje

Placed at Bar; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Antivari 1914, 4.1 km W
Siege of Ulcinj 1571, 21 km SE
Battle of Deçiq 1911, 32 km NE
Battle on Vrtijeljka 1685, 33 km NW
Siege of Shkodra 1478, 33 km E

Elsewhere in 1042

Battle of Bar is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 26 in present-day Montenegro.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3442989, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bar, revision 1385490944, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.