Talk:Simeon I of Bulgaria

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[edit] Most powerful monarch

Hello I have a comment on this quote: "Having become the most powerful monarch in eastern Europe, ". I believe that at the time Simeon was at his apogee there were only two empires in Europe at all that powerfull. These were the Empire of Franks and Bulgarian Empire. So the fact is that Simeon was not only a regional power. He was an European power too.

I agree. Simeon's empire ruled a substantial part of Europe and that's why Bulgaria was, for a short term, an European power. There was a second period in Bulgarian history when the country was an European power: during the last ten years of Ivan Asen II's reign (he ruled 1218-1241). Bulgaria was in charge of the Adriatic, Aegean and Black sea (1231-41). --webkid 13:22, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It is funny how we measure things by when a country was a major power but surely, that's how you got noticed these days :) I must add Krum's rule and the one of Kaloyan as just as big. Krum's territory was vast and his reputation terrifying. Kaloyan was a well known statesman both in the East and in the West - crusaders, the Pope's delegations, etc. (Kaloyan)