High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Battle of Rovine took place on 17 May 1395 between the Wallachian army led by Voivod Mircea cel Bătr n (Mircea the Elder) against the Ottoman invasion led by sultan Bayezid I. The Ottoman army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, faced the much smaller Wallachian army, which was about 10,000 men. Legend says that on the eve of the battle, dressed as a peace emissary, Mircea cel Bătr n talked to Bayezid I asking him to leave Wallachia, and promising to grant him safe passage. However, the sultan insisted on fighting.
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