Battle by the Anastasian Wall (559)

Anastasian Wall Battle
Part of Byzantine-Kutrigurs war 558-559
DateEarly 559
Location
East of the Anastasian Wall 40 km west of Constantinople
Result Kutrigur victory
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Kutrigur Bulgars[1] army
Commanders and leaders
Sergius Zabergan
Strength
Unknown 7 000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
All sent troops killed[2] Unknown
Kutrigur-Byzantine War Dec 558 - Aug 559, with Kutrigur campaigns against Constantinople, against Thracian Chersonesus and around the Aegean.[3]

The Anastasian Wall Battle or Battle at the Anastasian Wall, which took place at the end of winter – beginning of spring 559, was a pivotal battle between the Byzantine army commanded by Dux Sergius[1] and a Kutrigur Bulgars[1] army commanded by Zabergan in the 558-559 AD Kutrigur campaign against the Byzantine Empire.[2][4] The battle took place at the east side of the Anastasian Wall, about 40 km west of Constantinople.

  1. ^ a b c "LIBI, t. I (1958) (1_370.png)". macedonia.kroraina.com.
  2. ^ a b Theophanis Confessoris. Chronographia, FONTES GRAECI HISTORIAE BULGARICAE, Vol. III, p.39-41
  3. ^ According to: Victor Tonnennensis - Chronica, Theophanis Confessoris - Chronographia, Agathias Scholasticus - Historiarum libri, Procopius Caesariensis - Libri de bellis, Ioannis Malalae - Chronographia.
  4. ^ James C. Bradford, International Encyclopedia of Military History