Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:castle
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| gptkbp:category |
Battles involving the Byzantine Empire
8th-century sieges Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate |
| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Umayyad_Caliphate
Byzantine Empire |
| 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 |
| 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
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| 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:Umayyad_Caliphate
gptkb:Byzantine_navy gptkb:Umayyads |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
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