Kardam of Bulgaria defeats Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI at the Battle of Marcellae.

Kardam of Bulgaria

Khan of Bulgaria from 777 to 803

Kardam was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire.

List of Byzantine emperors

The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior…

Constantine VI

Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797

Constantine VI, sometimes called the Blind, was Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797. The only child of Emperor Leo IV, Constantine was named co-emperor with him at the age of five in 776 and succeeded him as sole Emperor in 780, aged nine. His mother Irene exercised control over…

Battle of Marcellae

792 battle of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars

The Battle of Marcellae was fought in 792 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, led by Constantine VI, and those of the First Bulgarian Empire under Kardam. The Byzantines were routed and forced to retreat to Constantinople. Fighting took place at Marcellae (Markeli), near…