Nikephoros launches the first raid by the…
805 CE
Nikephoros launches the first raid by the Empire for two decades into the Arab frontier district (thughur) in Cilicia in summer 805.
The imperial army raids and takes prisoners as it goes, even capturing the major Abbasid stronghold of Tarsus.
At the same time, …
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Arab people
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Khorasan, Greater
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Islam
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Anatolic Theme
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Bucellarian Theme
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Cyprus, Roman-Abbasid condominium of
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Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad)
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Nikephorian dynasty
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