What the records say
- When
- 729
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.42° N, 12.20° E
- Description
- 729 battle
Battle of Ravenna (729)
Middle Ages battle
The Battle of Ravenna in 729 was fought between the troops of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Exarchate of Ravenna and a force of Lombard Italians. This was in response to Emperor Leo III the Isaurian outlawing the veneration of holy icons, which Pope Gregory II was against. After a fierce battle, the Eastern Roman Army was overcome and thousands of Byzantines were killed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ravenna: Byzantine troops under Eutychius, exarch of Ravenna, are defeated by an Italian force, raised by Gregory II, in opposition to iconoclasm”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Rávena: Tropas bizantinas al mando de Eutiquio, exarca de Rávena, son derrotadas por fuerzas italianas convocadas por el papa Gregorio II”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page