The Byzantine Golden Age: Basil II and the Empire at Its Peak, 976–1025 | Calm Bedtime History
On a summer morning in 1014, Byzantine soldiers moved through the mountain passes near Kleidion while Basil II directed the long war against Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria. Far to the east, Constantinople continued its daily work of markets, workshops, churches, ships, and imperial offices, supplying the campaigns that would make Basil's reign the height of medieval Byzantine power.
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