The Battle of Pantin ( Serb. Bitka Pantin code; Bitka kod Pantina ) took place in the fall of 1167 between the troops led by the Serbian prince Stefan Nemani against the troops of his brother Tikhomir supported by the Byzantine Empire in Pantin. [2]
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| date | fall 1167 | ||
| A place | Pantina , near Zvechan | ||
| Total | Decisive victory of Stefan Nemani [1] | ||
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Conflict History
It all began in 1165 with the fact that Mayor Nisha Des Vukanovich with his people attacks and captures the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnin because of an agreement with Hungary , and takes him with him to Constantinople .
Meanwhile, the eldest son of Zavid, Tihomir, comes to the throne of Raska .
Tikhomir, who learned about the construction of new monasteries that were built without his knowledge, arrests Stephen, and subsequently takes away his land.
But supporters of Nemani in conspiracy with the church began to accuse him that he did this, only because they had not consulted with him regarding the construction of churches, and thus he began to choose the clergy. [3] Thus, increasing sympathy for Stephen, which is what they achieved by freeing Stephen and forcing his brother to return part of the land to him.
After that, Stefan Nemanja overthrew Tikhomir, and forced him to escape to Byzantium with the rest of the brothers, thereby taking revenge on him.
After the appeals of Tihomir, the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnin sends auxiliary troops to help him (among them were Greeks , Franks and Turks ) to fight his brother.
Battle
The assembled Byzantine army came to the aid of its ally Tikhomiro, who did not arrive long in Skopje . Two armies clashed on Pantin (near Zvechan , modern Kosovo ). After the decisive battle, the Byzantine forces were completely suppressed and quickly began to retreat. Tikhomir himself drowned in the Sitnitsa River, and the rest of the Nemani brothers were pardoned, thereby recognizing Stefan the supreme ruler of Serbia , and crowning him as “Ruler of all Serbia”.
Consequences of the battle
The battle was decisive in that it ensured the unity of all Serbian princes and their loyalty to Stefan Nemani . This later paved the way for the consolidation of Serbia , and its possible formation in the form of a kingdom .
Notes
- ↑ Fine, 1994 , p. five
- ↑ Stefan Nemanga (1166-1196) - HERODOT . herodot.svetisava.edu.rs. Date of treatment August 14, 2016.
- ↑ Fine 1994, p. {{ date = February 2012 }}
Links
- John Van Antwerp, Late Medieval Balkans , (University of Michigan Press, 1987)
- Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994), The Late Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest , University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5 , < https://books.google.com/? id = Hh0Bu8C66TsC >