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The monument to the Battle of Achelous in the present-day town of Aheloy
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On August 20, Bulgaria marks the 1105th anniversary of the Battle of Achelous (or Acheloos, Anchialus).
The battle took place on the Achelous river near present-day Pomorie on the Black Sea coast in 917. It was fought between Bulgarian forces led by
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