What the records say
- When
- 872
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.55° N, 26.75° E
- Description
- 870s battle
Battle of Kardia
870s battle
The Battle of Kardia was a naval battle fought in c. 872/3 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Cretan Saracens off Kardia, in the Gulf of Saros. The battle was a major Byzantine victory.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Морская битва при Кардии между флотами Византийской империи и Критского эмирата в Кардии у Саросского залива”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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