Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Siege_of_Constantinople_(717–718)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
gptkbp:category Battles involving the Byzantine Empire
8th-century sieges
Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Maslama_ibn_Abd_al-Malik
gptkb:Leo_III_the_Isaurian
gptkbp:endDate 15 August 718
gptkbp:followedBy decline of Umayyad military power
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Theophanes_the_Confessor
gptkb:Al-Tabari
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableEvent Bulgarian intervention aided Byzantines
harsh winter caused famine among besiegers
use of Greek fire
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Arab–Byzantine_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Arab_Siege_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:result Byzantine victory
gptkbp:significance halted Umayyad expansion into Europe
gptkbp:startDate 15 August 717
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Isaurian_dynasty
gptkb:Theodosius_III
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkb:Islamic_empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5