What the records say
- When
- 674 – 678
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.01° N, 28.98° E
- Description
- 674–678 siege of the Arab–Byzantine Wars
Siege of Constantinople (674–678)
Major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Constantinople was besieged by the Arabs in 674–678, in what was the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate's expansionist strategy against the Byzantine Empire. Caliph Mu'awiya I, who had emerged in 661 as the ruler of the Muslim Arab empire following a civil war, renewed aggressive warfare against Byzantium after a lapse of some years and hoped to deliver a lethal blow by capturing the Byzantine capital of Cons…
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