amed after the boat graves found at Vendel, the Vendel Period partially overlaps with the more broadly known Early Medieval Period and existed from the end of the Migration Period in the middle of
The Vendel Period and the Domain of Svitjod
The ‘Roman Slayer'
When Basil II destroyed and absorbed the Bulgarian empire in 1014, the victory earned him the title of the ‘Bulgar Slayer.’ Almost two hundred years later, the ruler of a restored Bulgaria dubbed himself the ‘Roman slayer’ in revenge. It was a title
