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Siege of Dorostolon
Siege of Dorostolon was a siege conducted in AD 971 at Silistra, in what is now Bulgaria. It was part of the Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria, which ran from AD 967 to AD 971. The recorded result: Byzantine victory.
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Record
| Date | AD 971 (year precision) to 24 July AD 971 | |
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| Place | Silistra, Bulgaria 44.119N, 27.260E | |
| Kind | Siege, medieval | |
| Strength | 28,000–30,000 | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854, same recorded site
- Siege of Silistra (1828) 1828, same recorded site
- Siege of Silistra (1829) 1829, same recorded site
- Battle of Silistra AD 968, 0.6 km SE
- Battle of Oltenița 1853, 50 km W
Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between AD 968 and 1854.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Silistra AD 968
Elsewhere in AD 971
- Battle of Alexandretta Turkey
- First Qarmatian invasion of Egypt Lebanon
- Capture of Damascus Syria
- Fall of Great Preslav Bulgaria
Siege of Dorostolon is one of 186 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 126 in present-day Bulgaria.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q737655, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Dorostolon, revision 1373354929, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.