How Byzantine Tactics Survived Bulgaria and the Umayyad Caliphate
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How Byzantine Tactics Survived Bulgaria and the Umayyad Caliphate
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How Byzantine Tactics Survived Bulgaria and the Umayyad Caliphate. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the wild, heroic tale of a Bulgarian whose name made the history books in multiple languages. France, Germany, and Italy didn’t just respect him — they fangirled over him with poems, plays, and historical epics.
His name… is Tervel. He didn’t just show up for Europe — he literally saved it. The one Bulgarian who went from regional warlord to literal saint. By the end of this story, you’ll be raising a glass to Saint Tervel, the original clutch player in Europe’s long and messy survival game.
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How Byzantine Tactics Survived Bulgaria and the Umayyad Caliphate. It's the year 700. Europe’s still shaking off its post-Roman Empire hangover, and in the middle of all that chaos, a guy named Prince Tervel struts onto the stage. He’s third in line to the throne of the fledgling First Bulgarian Kingdom. Grandpa Kubrat started the whole “Bulgarian nation” thing, Dad Asparuh moved the family to the Danube neighborhood (prime real estate if you like steppe warfare and Byzantine drama), and now it’s Tervel’s turn to keep the dynasty rolling.
How Byzantine Tactics Survived Bulgaria and the Umayyad Caliphate. Being Bulgaria back then was kind of like moving into a fancy gated community… where your next-door neighbor is the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines now with Greek subtitles, looked at the Bulgarians like: “Oh, these folks? Just some hairy nomads we’ll eventually baptize, civilize, and turn into decent tax-paying citizens”.
Byzantium didn’t just send passive-aggressive letters or uninvited monks to “spread culture.” No, they rolled up with armies, spies, and diplomatic backstabbing. Sometimes they'd try to crush the Bulgarians directly. Other times, they'd get creative and pay someone else to do it. Very classy.
And this is where Khan Tervel managed to be both a “barbarian” and a respected buddy of the Byzantine. Early in his reign, Tervel got a call from none other than Justinian II—a.k.a. the emperor who’d been booted off the imperial throne and exiled to Crimea. (Yes, that Crimea. History’s favorite vacation spot for disgraced royalty.) Somehow, Justinian escaped his snowy time-out, and came crawling back for help. And Tervel? He saw the opportunity.
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