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1.1 byzantine empire
1.2 europe
1.3 england
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byzantine empire
spring – allied russians, hungarian army raids moesia , thrace. emperor romanos buys peace, , accepts pay yearly tribute (protection money) hungarians. frontiers protected on balkan peninsula, romanos sends byzantine expeditionary force (80,000 men) led general john kourkouas (his commander-in-chief) invade northern mesopotamia (modern iraq).
europe
caspian expeditions of rus : russians under varangian prince igor of kiev sail kura river, deep caucasus, , defeat forces of sallarid ruler marzuban ibn muhammad. capture fortress city of barda (modern azerbaijan).
battle of wels: joint bavarian–carantanian army led bertold (duke of bavaria) defeats hungarians near wels (upper austria), attacked @ crossing of enns river @ ennsburg.
england
king edmund ravages strathclyde , defeats scottish king constantine ii, has reigned king of alba since 900. constantine, ruler of picts , scots , abdicates enter monastery , yields control of realm cousin malcolm i.
the trinity bridge @ crowland, lincolnshire described, in charter of eadred .
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