. "Unknown"@en . . . . "60000"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Pliska and V\u0103rbitsa Pass"@en . . "0811-07-26"^^ . "Battle of Pliska"@en . . "Ruins of Pliska"@en . "the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars"@en . "almost the whole army, including the emperor"@en . . "Decisive Bulgarian victory"@en . "Bulgarian Empire"@en . . "62000"^^ . "The Battle of Pliska was one of the worst defeats in Byzantine history. It deterred Byzantine rulers from sending their troops north of the Balkans for more than 150 years afterwards, which increased the influence and spread of the Bulgarians to the west and south of the Balkan Peninsula, resulting in a great territorial enlargement of the First Bulgarian Empire."@en . "The Battle of Pliska was one of the worst defeats in Byzantine history. It deterred Byzantine rulers from sending their troops north of the Balkans for more than 150 years afterwards, which increased the influence and spread of the Bulgarians to the west and south of the Balkan Peninsula, resulting in a great territorial enlargement of the First Bulgarian Empire."@en . "Battle of Pliska"@en .