What the records say
- When
- Oct 829
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.78° N, 24.71° E
- Description
- 829 battle
Placed at the town its title names, Thasos.
Battle of Thasos
829 battle
The Battle of Thasos was fought on October 829, between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the newly founded Emirate of Crete.
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- 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 Thasos: Saracens from the newly founded Emirate of Crete almost annihilate the Byzantine fleet at Thasos, close to the coast of Thrace”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht von Thasos erringt das Emirat von Kreta einen Sieg über die byzantinische Flotte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page