Peter I, emperor (tsar) of theBulgarian Empire, suffers astroke and abdicates the throne in favour of his eldest sonBoris II. He arrives (after being an honoraryhostage at Constantinople) inPreslav and is proclaimed as the new ruler. Boris regains lost territory from theKievan Rus' and recapturesPereyaslavets, an important trade city at the mouth of theDanube.[2]
Summer – Grand PrinceSviatoslav I invades Bulgaria at the head of a Kievan army, which includesPecheneg andHungarian auxiliary forces. He defeats the Bulgarians in a major battle and retakes Pereyaslavets. Boris II capitulates and impales 300 Bulgarianboyars for disloyalty. Sviatoslav assigns garrisons to the conquered fortresses in Northern Bulgaria.[3]
Pandulf Ironhead, duke ofBenevento andCapua, leads the siege ofBovino. He is captured by the Byzantines and taken in chains toBari, and jailed in Constantinople. Neapolitan forces underMarinus II, duke ofNaples, invade Benevento-Capua, capture the city ofAvellino and then lay siege toCapua.[4]
Otto I 'the Great', Holy Roman Emperor, assembles a large expeditionary force atPavia, joined bySpoletan troops. He counter-attacks, relieves the siege of Capua and devastates the area around Naples. Otto enters Benevento, where he is received as 'liberator' byLandulf IV and in the cities ofApulia (SouthernItaly).
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^Gay, Jules (1904).L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II. New York: Burt Franklin.
^Brett, Michael (2002). "The Fatimid Revolution (861-973) and its aftermath in North Africa".The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol.2 ed. J. D. Fage; Roland Anthony Oliver. Cambridge University Press. p. 622.
