Medieval era · 917 CE

Battle of Achelous

The Battle of Achelous or Acheloos (Bulgarian: Битката при Ахелой, Greek: Μάχη του Αχελώου), also known as the Battle of Anchialus, took place on 20 August 917, on the Achelous river near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, close to the fortress Tuthom (modern Pomorie) between Bulgarian and Byzantine forces.

Battle of Achelous
Battle of Achelous · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
20 Aug 917
Where
Pomorie
Era
Medieval

Topics

Before and after

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Achelous (917), CC BY-SA 4.0