Basil II's first Bulgarian campaign ended in humiliation when Samuel ambushed the Byzantine army in the narrow mountain pass of Trajan's Gate, nearly wiping it out after three weeks of harassment in unbearable summer heat. Brownworth says the defeat taught Basil never to walk into an ambush again, and that he vowed revenge — a vow that would take thirty years to fulfill.
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Episode 13 (13 mentions)
Basil II's first Bulgarian campaign ended in humiliation when Samuel ambushed the Byzantine army in the narrow mountain pass of Trajan's Gate, nearly wiping it out after three weeks of harassment in unbearable summer heat. Brownworth says the defeat taught Basil never to walk into an ambush again, and that he vowed revenge — a vow that would take thirty years to fulfill.
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