battle, medieval

Battle of Silistra

Name: Battle of Silistra
Location: Romania

Battle of Silistra was a battle fought in AD 968 in what is now Romania. It was part of the Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria, which ran from AD 967 to AD 971. The recorded result: Disputed. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 10,000–60,000.

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FoughtAD 968

WhereRomania44.117N, 27.267E

OutcomeDisputed

BelligerentsBulgariaagainstKievan Rus'

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Part ofSviatoslav's invasion of BulgariaAD 967 to AD 971

Record

Date	AD 968 (year precision)
Place	Romania 44.117N, 27.267E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Strength	30,000	10,000–60,000
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy
Commanders	Peter I of Bulgaria	Sviatoslav I of Kiev

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Dorostolon AD 971, 0.6 km NW
Siege of Silistra (1854) 1854, 0.6 km NW
Siege of Silistra (1828) 1828, 0.6 km NW
Siege of Silistra (1829) 1829, 0.6 km NW
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

After: Siege of Dorostolon AD 971

Elsewhere in AD 968

Battle of Silistra is one of 186 engagements of the 10th century in the atlas and one of 135 in present-day Romania.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3623153, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Silistra, revision 1373355491, 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.