Certainty: 2 Peter Deljan, moving south from Hungarian border, was acclaimed tsar of Bulgaria Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Army of Dyrrachion, having lost two generals & equipment, joined Bulgarian revolt under Tichomir Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Both Bulgarian rebel armies united behind Deljan, killing Tichomir Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Deljan sent troops who took Dyrrachion & caused casualties at Thebes Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Capture of Demetrias by Deljan; inhabitants revolt & return it to doux of Thessalonike Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Theme of Nikopolis joined Bulgarian revolt, resenting strict taxation in cash, not kind Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Michael IV rose above sickness & raised a large army Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Alousianos, provoked by injustice, fled & reached Deljan in Bulgaria Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Recognition scene: identity of Alousianos confirmed as Bulgarian prince Certainty: 2
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Certainty: 2 Deljan & Alousianos plotted against each other; Alousianos won, blinding Deljan
The supposed kinsmen Deljan and Alousianos, despite mutual suspicions, set up a system of double rule. However they continued to plot against each other, but Alousianos proved the shrewder player. After his embarrassing defeat at Thessalonike, he conspired with his companions and invited Deljan to dinner. When the latter was drunk, he attacked him with a cook's knife, gouged his eyes out and cut off his nose. He did this without his countrymen's intervention, so that the mutilated Deljan was arrested by Michael IV and sent to Thessalonike. Bulgaria's dyarchy then ended and the country returned to single rule. A small role in the rebellion was played by a monk from Galesion, who encouraged Deljan, then advised a loyal general to make a disatrous attack on the Bulgarians on a Sunday
Certainty: 2 Petros Deljan, before blinding by Alousianos, was encouraged by a monk from Galesion Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Campaign of Michael IV in Bulgaria; capture of Boianos & Triaditza Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Michael IV captured Deljan & Manuel Ibatzes, crushed resistance & settled Bulgarian administration Certainty: 2
Certainty: 2 Michael returned unharmed to Constantinople, celebrating triumph over the blinded Deljan Certainty: 2