Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Krum

Battles of Krum

Bulgarian ruler, AD 755 to AD 814

Krum is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 811 and AD 813: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Bulgaria (3), Turkey (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 500 km apart end to end, 167 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars (2).

Battle of PliskaSiege of DebeltosSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of VersinikiaBattle of PliskaSiege of DebeltosSiege of ConstantinopleBattle of VersinikiaAdapazarıBurgasİzmitVarnaStara ZagoraTekirdağKhaskovoTurnovoXanthiPlovdiv200 km41.970N, 27.771E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 811: 1 engagementsAD 812: 1 engagementsAD 813: 2 engagements2 in AD 813AD 811AD 813
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pliska, AD 811Siege of Debeltos, AD 812Siege of Constantinople, AD 813Battle of Versinikia, AD 813AD 811AD 813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 July AD 811Battle of PliskaPliska, BulgariaBulgarian victory
May AD 812Siege of DebeltosDeveltos, Bulgaria78 km SEBulgarian victory
AD 813Siege of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey208 km SEByzantine victory
22 June AD 813Battle of VersinikiaEdirne, Bulgaria214 km WBulgarian victory; Abdication of Michael I Rangabe

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, V. Antonoff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.