Loss of Dyrrhachium fortress

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Loss of Dyrrhachium fortress

Year: 1004

Location: Dyrrhachium (Durrës)

Period: First Bulgarian Empire: rulers and capitals

Ruler: Samuel

The Bulgarians lost the fortress of Dyrrhachium and the surrounding territory. Ashot Taronites handed the fortress over to the Byzantines and fled to Constantinople with his wife, a daughter of Tsar Samuel.