11. The Medieval knight was not to rise for several centuries after Adrianople . 12. Staurakios was soon taken by litter from Adrianople to Constantinople. 13. He laid siege to Adrianople before he could muster all his troops. 14. The burghers Adrianople and Didymoteicho approached Henry, offering their voluntary submission. 15. Then Krum returned to Adrianople and strengthened the besieging forces. 16. At the same year a Bulgarian Uniate Gymnasium in Adrianople was founded. 17. Krum led his army south towards Adrianople and pitched camp near Versinikia. 18. Later he supported Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization ( IMARO ). 19. Nephon was sentenced to life imprisonment and exiled to Adrianople . 20. During the 1860s a succession of exiles followed including Constantinople and Adrianople .