Şelimbăr Battle Part 1

one of the great events in medieval Romanian history. It took place on 18 October 1599 between the Wallachian army of Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) and the Transylvanian-Hungarian army of Andrew Bathory. The battleground was fought near the village of Şelimbăr close to Sibiu (Nagyszeben). Michael had approximately 40000 men at his command. Many of them did not fight, however, preferring instead to remain in the camp and protect the women and children of the boyars who had ...
Author: RoMaNiaPaTrioT; Tags: mihai viteayul


















