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Hello Guys, Welcome to “Romans get Surrounded and Destroyed” Part 18.

Khan Krum: I'm not trapped in here with you,

Not all cups are "Made in China"

The lenghts people go to just to get a slightly better cup

I'd heard of this battle. You could say this is almost the Byzantine version of the Teutoberg forest disaster the Roman's suffered many centuries before this battle. Minus the traitor in the ranks. Great video.

It is shame that Eastern European history is so underrated and underrepresented in the West. Poland-Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria have so many great stories yet most people barely know about them. Props to HistoryMarche channel for giving them the dedication they deserve

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The Balkans - real game of thrones..☦🇧🇬

Interesting fact: The polish name for skull is czaszka. In bulgarian the word чаша (tschascha or czasza) means cup, like a cup of tea, something to drink of. So the question is: Did the polish name got its meaning from this design idea for an emperors skull?

Brother,

Fantastic as always ! Hope to see HistoryMarche’s version of the battle of Ongal eventually between the Roman’s and the Bulgars

So happy that you are covering Bulgarian history more and more 😀

I think it's worth noting several things about this battle and Krum's era (and what an era, btw - the times of Charles the Great/Charlemagne, of Krum the Terrifying [not the quidditch player], and of Harun al Rashid of 1001 Nights fame):

That Krum sounds like a total badass!!

By 811 Krum had already won like 50 sieges including Serdica, which is now the capital of Bulgaria (and is called Sofia).

Fun fact: Krum is also famous in Bulgaria for destroying all vineyards some years before this battle. After the battle He abolished the ban on the vineyards.

Bulgaria and France with common border. Very nice.

I'm impressed by how well you pronounced Staurakios!

Khan Krum was such a badass.