Byzantine-Bulgarian Relations

I think the bulgars did not call Constantinople "Tzarigrad" because it was not centre for monarchi for the bulgars... so they had no reason to call it that way.

and by the way if u think that Tzar Samoil is a Bulgarian... then ur kidding urself. ;)

 

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The crusaders managed to do it,because the city had insufficient troops to defend itself.With a proper ,well trained guard of thousands defending the city from the strongest Medieval European walls ,Constantinople would never fall without cannons.

This cult reminds me of "Predator",i mean the movie
thanx Krum
Do we know the deeper roots of this cult?
How can we explain the fact that this cult was performed also by other tribes such as the Lombards who were germanics?
It must be connected somehow to the same cult performed by the Scythians in antiquity.This cult perhaps passed from the Scythians to the Sarmatians and from the Sarmatians to other tribes such as the Bulgars and the Lombards.

I am not sure from who bulgars took it or it was originally their.But it was very important for protobulgarian society,because the power of ruling houses were compared by their orenda.Very Interesting thing is that if a protobulgarian leader failed as a warrior or commander or is physically incomplete he will be killed.Khan Krum is the perfect example.Although he had great military achievments he was ritually killed because of his physically inferior condition.It was a sacred murdera and it was performed because protobu;gars thought Krum would lose his power.They choke him because only in that way they wouldnt spill his blood and if that happened his power wouldn't be preserved to his descendants.

Sarmatians,Scythians,Bulgars( those times ) all were Turkic.its a normal thing that they have common customs.

Originally posted by Batu Sarmatians,Scythians,Bulgars( those times ) all were Turkic.its a normal thing that they have common customs.

For you Batu every steppe tribe was  turkic

No, actually the widely accepted view today is that the Scythians and the Sarmatians were iranian people.For the Bulgars krum gave all three possibilities in a previous post.

Originally posted by Batu Sarmatians,Scythians,Bulgars( those times ) all were Turkic.its a normal thing that they have common customs.

Wrong, Scythians and Sarmatians, I believe, actually had Iranic roots.

Does anybody know what the idea of Iranian origin of Scyths and Sarmatians is based on? I do not doubt it I am just interested how historians did come to those conclusions?

Edited by Anton - 26-Oct-2006 at 20:10

Originally posted by Bulldog The Bulgars saved the Eastern Roman Empire from the Arab seige, were Bulgars and Eastern Romans Allies at the time? what sparked the later wars?

They were usually enemies. It is just that the threat of the Arabs was enough to motivate them to ally. Occasionally they were friends during periods when both nations had leaders who were either peace loving or had problems with other neighbouring peoples.