The narrow ravine called Kleidion (or Symbolongus in the transcript) where Samuel staked everything on a final battle, filling the valley to block Basil's advance. Basil found a small path around the Bulgarian lines — likened to Thermopylae — attacked from both sides, and won the decisive victory of the Bulgarian war, taking over 14,000 prisoners who were then blinded on his orders.
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Episode 13 (18 mentions)
The narrow ravine called Kleidion (or Symbolongus in the transcript) where Samuel staked everything on a final battle, filling the valley to block Basil's advance. Basil found a small path around the Bulgarian lines — likened to Thermopylae — attacked from both sides, and won the decisive victory of the Bulgarian war, taking over 14,000 prisoners who were then blinded on his orders.
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