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Introduction. Describes the primary belligerents—Byzantines and Bulgarians—in the hegemonic wars and their assorted allies—Serbs, Croats, Magyars, Pechenegs, and Kievan Rus’. Also includes overviews of all belligerents’ military and political organizations, defensive technologies (fortifications), armaments, and tactics.
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Hupchick, D.P. (2017). Introduction: The Belligerents. In: The Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars for Early Medieval Balkan Hegemony. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56206-3_1
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