Siege of Constantinople

When

Jun 626 – Jul 626

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.01° N, 28.98° E

Description

unsuccessful 626 siege by the Sasanid empire

Part of Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 & the Avar–Byzantine Wars

The siege of Constantinople in 626 by the Sassanid Persians and Avars, aided by large numbers of allied Slavs, ended in a strategic victory for the Byzantines. The failure of the siege saved the empire from collapse, and, combined with other victories achieved by Emperor Heraclius the previous year and in 627, enabled Byzantium to regain its territories and end the destructive Roman–Persian wars by enforcing a treaty…

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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 “Siege of Constantinople: A horde of Avars, consisting of about 80,000 men (including large contingents of Slavs, Bulgars, and other "barbarians")”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Avrupalı Avarlar, Slavlar ve Sasaniler tarafından yapılan Konstantinopolis Kuşatması, Bizans İmparatorluğu'nun kesin zaferiyle son buldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Verbündete Truppen aus Awaren, Slawen und Persern unter der Führung des persischen Generals Schahrbaraz belagern Konstantinopel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début du siège de Constantinople”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Осада Константинополя (626): Начало года — Шахрвараз подступил к Константинополю”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Los bizantinos derrotan a fuerzas ávaras, eslavas y persas en su primer asedio de Constantinopla”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار القسطنطينية في الفترة ما بين يونيو ويوليو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “محاصره قسطنطنیه: گروهی از آوارها، متشکل از حدود ۸۰۰۰۰ نفر (شامل گروه‌های بزرگی از اسلاوها، بلغارها و دیگر "بربرها")، به دیوارهای قسطنطنیه حمله می‌کنند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “拜占庭—薩珊戰爭：波斯帝國薩珊王朝和阿瓦爾汗國軍隊及其斯拉夫同盟軍發動的對拜占庭帝國首都君士坦丁堡的對君士坦丁堡的圍攻，試圖挽回不利的局勢，但以失敗告終。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628602 · War