…Synnada, where they join Sulayman. The …
Years: 740 - 740
…Synnada, where they join Sulayman.
The other two forces devastate the countryside unopposed, but fail to take any towns or forts.
In addition, the Arab invasion army suffers from severe hunger and lack of supplies before returning to Syria.
The tenth-century Arab Christian historian Agapius also records that the imperial army took twenty thousand prisoners from the invading forces.
Forced to fall back toward Damascus, the Caliphal forces leave Asia Minor to imperial control.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Anatolic Theme
- Muslims, Sunni
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Isaurian dynasty
