What the records say
- When
- Sep 798
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 39.00° N, 34.00° E
- Description
- 798 invasion
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (798)
798 Abbasid invasion of the Byzantine Empire
The Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor of 798 was a military expedition dispatched by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid against the Byzantine Empire. The expedition was the largest since the expedition of 782. The Abbasid army raided the Opsikion and Thracesian themes, gaining immense loot and defeating a Byzantine army.
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