What the records say
- When
- 878
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.29° N, 34.79° E
- Description
- 878 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bataille des Portes ciliciennes
La bataille des Portes ciliciennes est une lourde défaite des forces arabes commandées par Abdallah-ibn-Rachid face aux forces byzantines de l'empereur Basile Ier en 878.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Basile bat les Arabes à la bataille des Portes ciliciennes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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