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| VIII. Macedonia in the 10th c. A.D.
904 | Saracen pirates besiege and capture Thessaloniki.
| 963 | The Great Laura and of the monastic community on Mount Athos are founded.
| 893-1018 | The Bulgars invade Macedonia repeatedly and the Byzantines wage war on them.
| 989 | Samuel, Tsar of the Bulgars, besieges but fails to take Thessaloniki.
| 990 | Emperor Basil II organises his defences from Thessaloniki
| 1003 | Basil II restores Byzantine control over the cities of Beroea, Kolindros, Servia and Edessa.
| 1014 | Basil defeats the Bulgars an Klidion.
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