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... that Patriarch Evtimiy (pictured) led the defense of the capital Tarnovo in 1393?
... that in battle of the Gates of Trajan Emperor Samuil scored a major victory against Basil II, the later barely escaped with his life?
... that the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was the second Roman Emperor who perished in battle after Valens following his defeat at Pliska?
... that Clement of Ohrid invented the Cyrillic alphabet in the early 10th century and trained 3,500 disciples?

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