What the records say
- When
- 24 Jul 998
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 35.41° N, 36.38° E
- Description
- 998 Fatimid victory in the Arab–Byzantine wars
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Apamea: Byzantine forces under governor (doux) Damian Dalassenos besiege the fortress city of Apamea for control over northern Syria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Апамее”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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