With Baldwin and Boniface dead the Bulgarians run riot across Thrace. Their Tsar Kaloyan attempts to capture Thessalonica and ponders whether he could become the new Roman Emperor.
Picture: St. Demetrius Killing Kaloyan. Mosaic from Visoki Dečani Monastery in Kosovo
Period: 1204-07
Above: Statue of Kaloyan in Varna, Bulgaria
Stream: Episode 289 – Kaloyan, Tsar of Bulgaria
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