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Telerig then sent a secret emissary to
Constantine that indicated his intention to flee Bulgaria and to seek refuge with the emperor and sought assurances of hospitality and a list of Byzantines who might help him. Telerig succeeded in having Constantine betray his own agents in Bulgaria, who were
182:, and transfer its population to Bulgaria. Collecting a large army of 80,000 troops, Constantine surprised the Bulgarians and won a resounding victory. The subsequent attack on Bulgaria failed since the imperial fleet had encountered contrary winds in the
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Byzantine retaliation failed to materialise, as Constantine died in 775. In spite of his apparent success, Telerig found it necessary to flee to the new Byzantine emperor,
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Shortly afterwards, both sides signed a truce promising the cessation of hostilities. However, in
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Bulgaria, led his field army on land and dispatched a fleet of 2000 ships carrying horsemen towards the
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258:short story
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248:In fiction
242:Antarctica
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926:Boris III
595:Presian I
535:Kormisosh
236:, in the
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130:Byzantium
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520:Asparuh
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405:p. 270.
365:p. 160.
297:Bulgars
146:Телериг
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