Faced with an expanded Bulgarian threat after Samuel raided as far south as Corinth and conquered Albania and Bosnia, Basil II invited Venice to invade the Dalmatian coast in the name of the empire, solving two problems: protecting Byzantine cities and forcing Samuel into a two-front war. The Venetians were eager for the forests to provide timber for their navy.
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Episode 13 (8 mentions)
Faced with an expanded Bulgarian threat after Samuel raided as far south as Corinth and conquered Albania and Bosnia, Basil II invited Venice to invade the Dalmatian coast in the name of the empire, solving two problems: protecting Byzantine cities and forcing Samuel into a two-front war. The Venetians were eager for the forests to provide timber for their navy.
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