Presian inscription
Introduction Presian inscription, first plate, Archeology Museum, Philippi, Greece.Presian inscription, sixth plate, Archeology Museum, Philippi, Greece.The '''Presian Inscription''' or '''Philippi Inscription''' is a medieval Greek text inscribed upon a stone in Philippi during the reign of the Bulgarian ruler Presian I (r. 836–852).
Background history In 837, soon after Presian's accession, the Slavs in the vicinity of Thessalonica rebelled against the Byzantine Empire. Emperor Theophilos sought Bulgarian support in putting down the rebellion, but simultaneously arranged for his fleet to sail through the Danube delta and undertake a clandestine evacuation of some of the Byzantine captives settled in trans-Danubian Bulgaria by the Bulgarian rulers Krum and Omurtag. In retaliation the ''kavhan'' Isbul campaigned along the Aegean coasts of Thrace and Macedonia and captured the city of Philippi, where he set up a surviving memorial inscription in a local church. Isbul's campaign may also have resulted in the establishment of Bulgarian suzerainty over the local Slavic tribe of the Smolyani.
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References *Die protobulgarischen Inschriften By Veselin Beshevliev*Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 By Florin Curta Page 166 *