Английская Википедия:Battle by the Anastasian Wall (559)
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The Anastasian Wall Battle or Battle at the Anastasian Wall, which took place at the end of winter – beginning of the spring in 559, was a crucial combat between Byzantine army commanded by Dux Sergius[2] and target to Constantinople detachment of the Kutrigur Bulgars[2] armies commanded by Zabergan in the Kutrigurs large champagne against the Empire in 558-559 AD.[3][4] The battle took place at the east side of the Anastasian Wall, about 40 km of Constantinople after Kutrigurs pass the Wall in their raid to the Empire capital.
Background
During the winter of 558, a Kutrigur armies crossed the frozen Danube, invaded Moesia and Thrace and divided on 3 wings attack Constantinople direction, Thracian Chersonesus (Galipoli) and to Thermopylae in Greece. Led by Zabergam divide for Constantinople direction detachment of 7000 cavalry,[5] crosses the Anastasian wall at the end of winter – beginning of the spring in 559.[6]
The Battle
After the Kutrigur cavalry passed the Anastasian Wall, Emperor Justinian I the Great sent against them The Imperial Guard, troops, and mobilized citizens.[7] The Zabergan cavalry met the Byzantine army at the east side of the Anastasian Wall and defeated them.[7] They captured and executed the commander of the Byzantine forces, Patricius Sergius.[2]
Aftermath
After this victory Zabergan forces in the beginning of the spring of 559 take the Constantinople suburb settlements Drypia[8], Nymphs (Nymphas)[9] and Hitos (Chitus)[10] standing about 15 km to the gate of St. Roman and reach Sykai (Galata),[2][11] encircle and approach immediately to the gates of capital of the Empire. Zabergan made his fortified camp at Melantias, just 20 km of Constantinople, seized all the area to the Walls of Constantinople and pushed the survived Roman population to escape panicky behind the walls of the capital[7][6] threatening Constantinople itself. After the Battle of Melantias win by Byzantian Zabergan forces march from Melantias go even more closer to Constantinople and take Dekaton (Decatum)[12][13] – only 10 km from the Golden gate.
References
- ↑ According to: Victor Tonnennensis - Chronica, Theophanis Confessoris - Chronographia, Agathias Scholasticus - Historiarum libri, Procopius Caesariensis - Libri de bellis, Ioannis Malalae - Chronographia.
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Agathiae. Historiarum libri V , ГИБИ II, 185-202
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Drypia - today Ataköy in Bakırköy, Ancient Drypia pointed south-west of the city on the sea-shore along the Via Egnatia 9 miles out of the Town (Janin 1969: 252) between 7 miles Hepdomon (Bakırköy) and 10 miles Dekaton (Florya to former San Stefano today Yeşilköy).
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Htos (Свод древнейших письменных известий о славянах. Том I. Стр. 275) previous Hitos (Chitus, Hittos, Chettus, Chiton) - later Aipah today Güneşli Mahallesi, Bağcılar
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Ioannis Malalae. Chronographia ГИБИ II 218
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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