Sack of Amorium (838 CE)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:al-Mu'tasim
Aetios
gptkbp:consequence Destruction of Amorium
gptkbp:date 838 CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sack of Amorium (838 CE)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Amorium
gptkbp:notableFor capture and enslavement of inhabitants
martyrdom of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium
one of the most devastating defeats for Byzantium
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Arab–Byzantine_wars
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Dazimon
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emperor_Theophilos
gptkb:Byzantine_Iconoclasm
Abbasid–Byzantine relations
gptkbp:result Abbasid victory
gptkbp:significance psychological blow to Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:target major Byzantine city
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ammuriya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7