
Varbitsa Pass: The Balkan Chokepoint That Shattered Byzantium
In 811, Khan Krum trapped Emperor Nikephoros I in the narrow defiles of Varbitsa Pass, crushing an imperial Byzantine army in a historic mountain ambush.
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In 811, Khan Krum trapped Emperor Nikephoros I in the narrow defiles of Varbitsa Pass, crushing an imperial Byzantine army in a historic mountain ambush.