What the records say
- When
- 965
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 38.25° N, 15.63° E
- Description
- 965 battle
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Straits
965 battle
The Battle of the Straits was fought in early 965 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate in the Straits of Messina. It resulted in a major Fatimid victory, and the final collapse of the attempt of Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas to recover Sicily from the Fatimids.
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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 the Straits: The Byzantine attempt to recover Sicily fails, when the Byzantine fleet is annihilated by the Fatimids”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Начало года — морское сражение в Мессинском проливе между флотами Византийской империи и Фатимидского халифата в Мессинском проливе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “拜占庭帝國與法蒂瑪王朝的艦隊在墨西拿海峽進行墨西拿海峽戰役，法蒂瑪王朝獲得了決定性的勝利”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page