Battle of Serres

Battle of Serres
	Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
Date	1196
Location	near Serres, Greece
Result	Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgarian Empire	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Asen I	Sebastokrator Isaac

The Battle of Serres (Bulgarian: Битка при Сяр, Greek: Μάχη των Σερρών) took place in 1196 near the town of Serres in contemporary Greece between the armies of the Bulgarian and Byzantine empires. The result of the battle was Bulgarian victory.

41°5′N 23°33′E / 41.083°N 23.550°E / 41.083; 23.550

^ Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.-L. Van Dieten, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975); trans. as O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, by H.J. Magoulias (Detroit; Wayne State University Press, 1984)

[1] Nicetas Choniates, Historia, ed. J.-L. Van Dieten, 2 vols. (Berlin and New York, 1975); trans. as O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates, by H.J. Magoulias (Detroit; Wayne State University Press, 1984)

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