Battle of Akroinon

When

740

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.75° N, 30.53° E

Description

740 battle

740 Battle of the Arab-Byzantine Wars in Anatolia

The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon or Akroinos in Phrygia, on the western edge of the Anatolian plateau, in 740 between an Umayyad Arab army and the Byzantine forces. The Arabs had been conducting regular raids into Anatolia for the past century, and the 740 expedition was the largest in recent decades, consisting of three separate divisions.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Akroinon: Following the disastrous Battle of Sebastopolis (see 692), Emperor Leo III has largely confined himself to a defensive strategy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Akroinon Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Akroinon besiegt das Byzantinische Reich unter Kaiser Leo III. und Kronprinz Konstantin die muslimische Armee des Kalifen Hischam und…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва у Акроинона — наиболее крупное столкновение арабских войск с Византией после их поражения при осаде Константинополя в 718 году”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La Batalla de Akroinon en Anatolia, una significativa victoria bizantina sobre los Omeyas, detiene el ímpetu de los ataques árabes en Anatolia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page