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Battle of Versinikia

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defeat of Michael I Rhangabe

In Michael I Rhangabe
…22, 813, he lost the Battle of Versinikia near Adrianople, as a result of the desertion of the troops of one of his generals, Leo the Armenian. Leo then deposed Michael and himself ascended the throne as Leo V. Michael retired to a monastery on one of the Princes Islands.…
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