Siege of Constantinople

When

22 Jun 860 – 8 Aug 860

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

41.00° N, 28.90° E

Description

860 siege of the Rus'-Byzantine Wars

Battle during the Rus'-Byzantine Wars

The siege of Constantinople in 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' recorded in Byzantine and western European sources. The casus belli was the construction of the fortress Sarkel by Byzantine engineers, restricting the Rus' trade route along the Don River in favour of the Khazars. Accounts vary, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the outcome is unknown in detail.

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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 “Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus, and starts pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Konstantinopolis Kuşatması gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die in Kiew residierenden Warägerfürsten Askold und Dir unternehmen einen Feldzug gegen Konstantinopel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Slaves de Kiev et les Varègues organisent une expédition maritime contre Constantinople commandée par Askold et Dir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “وقوع حصار القسطنطينية بداية من 22 يونيو 860 إلى 8 أغسطس 860.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “جنگ بیزانس و روس: ناوگانی متشکل از حدود ۲۰۰ کشتی روس وارد تنگه بسفر شده و شروع به غارت حومه‌ی قسطنطنیه می‌کنند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page