July 26th 811 CE
The battle of Varbitza Pass and the death of Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros.
There have been many Byzantine Emperors who had died in battle – Emperors Julian,
Valens and famously Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last emperor who
couldn’t hold back the might of the Ottomans in 1453. But not many are
familiar with the story relating to the death of Emperor Nikephoros and
the desecration of his dead body by the Khan of Bulgaria, Krum.
