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Arab–Byzantine wars[edit]

Byzantine-Arab Wars 634-750

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Rashidun conquest of Egypt

Battle of Heliopolis

Siege of Alexandria (641)

Battle of Nikiou

Umayyad conquest of North Africa

Battle of Sufetula

Battle of Vescera

Battle of Carthage (698)

Umayyad invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople

Battle of Iron Bridge

Siege of Germanicia

Battle of the Masts

Siege of Constantinople (674–678)

Battle of Sebastopolis

Siege of Tyana

Siege of Constantinople (717–718)

Siege of Nicaea (727)

Battle of Akroinon

Byzantine-Arab Wars 750-867

articles

Abbasid-Byzantine border warfare

Siege of Kamacha (766)

Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor

Battle of Kopidnadon

Battle of Krasos

Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806)

Battle of Anzen

Sack of Amorium

Battle of Mauropotamos

Battle of Lalakaon

Aghlabid conquest of Sicily

Siege of Syracuse (827–828)

Siege of Syracuse (877–878)

Battle of Stelai

Battle of Milazzo (888)

Wars with the Emirate of Crete

Expeditions under Michael II

Battle of Thasos

Expedition of 843

Sack of Damietta (853)

Muslim conquest of Transoxiana[edit]

Muslim conquest of Transoxiana

articles

Campaigns of Qutayba ibn Muslim

Battle of Aksu

Raids of Kül-chor

Relief of Qasr al-Bahili

Revolt of al-Harith ibn Surayj

Campaigns of Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri

Battle of the Baggage

Battle of Kharistan

Reconquests of Nasr ibn Sayyar

Battle of Talas

A good account of the history of Central Asia in the early Middle Ages can be found in ed. D. Sinor, The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia (Cambridge University Press, 1990), pp. 285-316. The classic account of the north-eastern frontiers of Iran and the coming of the Turks is V V Barthold, Turkistan down to the Mongol Invasions (Gibb Memorial Series, London, 1968)

Wars of Justinian I[edit]

Arab-Byzantine Wars[edit]

LONG-TERM TARGET: bring all articles to GA and above, write missing ones

Byzantine–Arab Wars, needs to be rewritten

First period, the Arab offensive, 634-750[edit]

Byzantine-Arab Wars (634–750) (or 718?) (Muslim Conquests) SANDBOX

Early conflicts: Mutah • Tabouk • Dathin • Firaz

Rashidun conquest of Syria: Qarteen • Bosra • Ajnadayn • Marj al-Rahit • Fahl • Damascus • Maraj-al-Debaj • Emesa • Yarmouk • Jerusalem • Hazir • Aleppo

Rashidun conquest of Egypt: Heliopolis • Alexandria • Nikiou

Umayyad conquest of North Africa: Sufetula • Vescera→ • Carthage

Umayyad invasions of Anatolia and Constantinople: Iron Bridge • Germanicia • Phoenix • 1st Constantinople→ • Sebastopolis • Tyana→ • 2nd Constantinople→ • Nicaea→ • Akroinon→

Second period, balance of power, 750-867[edit]

Byzantine–Arab Wars (750–867) SANDBOX

Border warfare: Kamacha→ • Abbasid invasion of 782→ • Kopidnadon→ • Krasos→ • Abbasid invasion of 806→ • Anzen→ and Amorium→ • Mauropotamos→ • Lalakaon→

Sicily → and Southern Italy

1st Syracuse→
2nd Syracuse
1st Malta
3rd Syracuse→
Campaigns of Leo Apostyppes→ and Nikephoros Phokas the Elder →
1st Taormina
Garigliano
Campaigns of Marianos Argyros→
2nd Taormina
Rometta
Straits of Messina→
George Maniakes in Sicily
2nd Malta

Naval warfare and raids

Phoenix priority: sources available for GA+
Muslim conquest of Crete→
Keramaia→
Thasos→
Damietta→
Ragusa→
Kardia→
Gulf of Corinth→
Cephalonia→
Stelai→
Milazzo→
Euripos→
Thessalonica→ priority: sources available for GA+

Third period, Byzantine reconquest, 867-969[edit]

Byzantine–Arab Wars (867–969) SANDBOX

End date 969 as the capture of Antioch and death of Nikephoros Phokas, which coincides with the Fatimid takeover in Egypt.

Wars with Paulicians etc

Bathys Ryax→ • Battle of Adana 900 (Nik.Phokas) Thessalonica→

Byzantine offensive: Kourkouas (Melitene?) • Siege of Amida 950 • Last raid from Tarsus 951 • Sayf al-Dawla campaigns (Marash→ • defeat of Tzimiskes 956 • Sack of Hadath 957 • Raban→ • Andrassos→ • Cilician campaign of Nikephoros Phokas 961-962 • Tzimiskes 964 • Cilician campaign of Nikephoros Phokas 964-965 • Nikephoros II Phokas • Antioch & Alexandretta→John Tzimiskes 975-976 campaign

Fourth period, The Fatimid challenge, balance of power and the end, 969-1070s[edit]

Byzantine–Arab Wars (969–1070s) SANDBOX

Byzantine-Fatimid wars: Orontes→ • Apamea→ • Manjutakin→ and Basil II campaigns

Battles with the border emirates

Azaz→ • Capture of Edessa (Maniakes), include Jarrahids

Other

Cyprus

Abbasid Caliphs[edit]

Long-term project goal: bring all caliphs of the "classical" Abbasid Caliphate to GA and above, along with related major topics.

as-Saffah add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
al-Mansur add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
- Abu Muslim
al-Mahdi add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
al-Hadi add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
Harun al-Rashid add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
al-Amin add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
- take material from Fourth Fitna →
Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
al-Ma'mun add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
al-Mu'tasim →
al-Wathiq →
al-Mutawakkil
- Anarchy at Samarra →
al-Muntasir
al-Musta'in
al-Mu'tazz →
al-Muhtadi → add Tabari
al-Mu'tamid →
al-Muwaffaq →
al-Mu'tadid →
al-Muktafi →
al-Muqtadir complete with entries from "Crisis and Continuity", "When Baghdad ruled", Tabari
Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz
al-Qahir → add "When Baghdad ruled"
ar-Radi
al-Muttaqi add EI, "When Baghdad ruled"
al-Mustakfi →
al-Muti →
al-Ta'i → add Hanne, Donohue
al-Qadir → , add Hanne, Donohue

Fatimid Caliphs[edit]

al-Mahdi → use EI2, Brett 2001 and 2017, TDVIA, possibly Cambridge History?
al-Qa'im → use Daftary, Brett 2001, TDVIA, possibly Cambridge History?
al-Mansur → use Brett, Daftary, possibly Cambridge History?, can easily go to GA+
al-Mu'izz use Halm, EI2, Brett, TDVIA, possibly Cambridge History?
al-Aziz → use Halm, Lev, EI3, possibly Cambridge History? can quickly be brought to GA+
al-Hakim
al-Zahir
al-Mustansir
al-Musta'li →
al-Amir → use Halm for >GA
al-Hafiz →
al-Zafir → use Halm, Brett, Cambridge History
al-Fa'iz →
al-Adid →

Varia[edit]

The Ship in Antiquity Magister militum per Armeniam - Ho ton Armeniakon Strategos. Überlegungen zum armenischen Kommando im 6. und 7. Jahrhundert

[1], [2], [3], [4] WHITTOW p.125 on Greek Fire and importance of navy in siege sof Cpl.

Walker, Paul E., 'The "Crusade" of John Tzimisces in the Light of New Arab Evidence', Byzantion, 47 (1977), pp. 301-27
Guillou, André (1965). "La Lucanie byzantine: Étude de géographie historique" (in French). Byzantion 35: 119–149

On the Mosque of Constantinople, cf. Canard, Marius (1926). "Les expéditions des Arabes contre Constantinople dans l'histoire et dans la légende". Journal Asiatique (in French) (208): 61–102. ISSN 0021-762X. pp. 94ff.

Borsari S., "L’ administrazione del tema di Sicilia", Rivista Storica Italiana, 66.II, 1954, 133-158

Ptolemaic stuff[edit]

Hauben, Hans (2013). "Callicrates of Samos and Patroclus of Macedon, champions of Ptolemaic thalassocracy". In Buraselis, Kostas; Stefanou, Mary; Thompson, Dorothy J. (eds.). The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile: Studies in Waterborne Power. Cambridge University Press. pp. 39–65. ISBN 9781107033351.
Fischer-Bovet, Christelle (2014). Army and Society in Ptolemaic Egypt. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1139991858.
O'Neil, James L. (2008). "A Re-Examination of the Chremonidean War". In McKechnie, Paul R.; Guillaume, Philippe (eds.). Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World. Leiden and Boston: BRILL. pp. 65–90. ISBN 9789004170896.
Van't Dack, Edmond; Hauben, Hans (1978). "L'apport égyptien à l'armée navale lagide". In Herwig Maehler and Michael Strocka (ed.). Das ptolemäische Ägypten. Akten des internationalen Symposions 27.-29. Sept. 1976 in Berlin. Mainz. pp. 59–93.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) "the fundamental study"
Fischer-Bovet, Christelle. "The Ptolemaic Army." Oxford Handbooks Online. 2015-03-04. Oxford University Press. Date of access 27 Nov. 2016, <http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199935390-e-75>

Byzantine siege warfare[edit]

Sources[edit]

Dennis, George T. (1985), Three Byzantine Military Treatises, Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks, ISBN 0-88402-140-8
Haldon, John F. (1999), Warfare, state and society in the Byzantine world, 565-1204, Routledge, ISBN 1-85728-494-1
Haldon, John F. (2009), "Military Technology and Warfare", in Jeffreys, Elizabeth; Haldon, John; Cormack, Robin (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies, Oxford University Press, pp. 473–481, ISBN 978-0199252466
Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
Luttwak, Edward N. (2009), The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, Harcard University Press, ISBN 978-0674035195
McGeer, Eric (2000), "Byzantine Siege Warfare in Theory and Practice", in Corfis, Ivy A.; Wolfe, Michael (eds.), The Medieval City Under Siege, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 123–130, ISBN 978-0851157566
Sullivan, Dennis F. (2000), Siegecraft: Two Tenth-century Instructional Manuals by "Heron of Byzantium", Dumbarton Oaks, ISBN 0884022706
Sullivan, Dennis F. (2003), "A Byzantine Instructional Manual on Siege Defense: The De Obsidione toleranda. Introduction, English Translation and Annotations", Byzantine Authors - Literary Activities and Preoccupations, BRILL, pp. 139–266, ISBN 90-04-12975-8

Nicole Papas Oglou[edit]

Poppe, Auguste: Le Colonel Nicole Papas Oglou et le bataillon des chasseurs d'Orient (1798-1815), Carnet de la sabretache: revue d'histoire militaire rétrospective (1900), Vol. 8
NAPOLEON ET LES GRECS . SOU LES AIGLES IMPERIALES Jean Savant, 1946
Les auxiliaires de l'Armée d'Orient (1798-1801). La création de corps auxiliaires égyptiens et syriens
Les auxiliaires de l'Armée d'Orient (1798-1801). Les Egyptiens et les Syriens dans la Grande Armée

Themata[edit]

[[Category:Byzantine Empire templates]]

Oikonomides Listes checked out

Ο κατεπάνω/δουξ της Μεσοποταμίας αποτελούσε προφανώς προϊστάμενο διοικητή διαφόρων στρατηγών, οι οποίοι ήλεγχαν τις επιμέρους μικρότερες και μεγαλύτερες στρατιωτικές διοικήσεις της ευρύτερης περιοχής, όπως π.χ. των διαφόρων αρμενι(α)κών θεμάτων, δύο εκ των οποίων ήταν οπωσδήποτε και τα προαναφεθέντα Χοζάνον και Ρωμανούπολις1096. Ο Η.-J. Kühn και κυρίως ο J.F. Haldon θεωρούν ότι στην αρμοδιότητα του δουκός Μεσοποταμίας είχαν υπαχθεί οι περιφέρειες Αβάρας, Λάρισσας, Μελιτηνής, Χοζάνου, Ρωμανουπόλεως, Χαρπεζικίου, Χαυζιζίου ή Χαβτζίτζιν, Χασαναρά (αρμ. Sewerakk‘, αραβ. al-Suwaida, συρ. Sēbābērāk, σημερ. Süverek)1097, Τζαμανδού, Ζερμίου, Ερκνή, Καλουδ(ίων) (αρχ. Κλαυδιάς, αραβ. Hisn Qalaudia), Χορτζινής ή Κορτζενής ή Χορζηνηνής, Κοπτού, Τάραντα, Εξακωμίας, Κάμα(ς), Λιμνίων, Μουζαρίου και Χαντιάρτη1098. Θα πρέπει να σημειωθεί ωστόσο ότι η συγκεκριμένη διοικητική και στρατιωτική διευθέτηση έπαψε ουσιαστικά να υφίσταται κατά τον 11ο αι., μετά την ίδρυση του κατεπανάτου Ιβηρίας στα ανατολικά και του δουκάτου Εδέσσης στα νότια.

Prisoners of war[edit]

Patoura, Sofia (1994), Οι αιχμάλωτοι ως παράγοντες επικοινωνίας και πληροφόρησης (4ος–10ος αι.) [Prisoners of War as Agents of Communication and Information (4th–10th C.)] (in Greek), Athens: National Research Foundation - Center for Byzantine Research, ISBN 960-7094-42-5
Trombley, Frank R. (2003), "The Arabs, the Byzantine State and the Islamic Law of War (fiqh al-jihad) (7th–10th Centuries CE)", in Robinson, Paul (ed.), Just war in comparative perspective, Ashgate Publishing, pp. 153–166, ISBN 0-7546-3587-2

To do[edit]

Create: Cretan Revolt (1897), Athenian navy, Byzantine siege warfare, 21 April 1967 Greek coup d'état, 13 December 1967 Greek coup d'état attempt, 1944 Greek Armed Forces mutiny

Komnenian period: Basil Kourtikios, Kantakouzenos (general of Alexios I), Michael Anemas, Monastras, Tarchaneiotes Katakalon

Expand: Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540), George Palaiologos, Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479), Al-Nu'man VI ibn al-Mundhir, Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria, Siege of Dorostolon, Armeniac Theme w. EHW, Bucellarian Theme & Opsikion w. DOAKS, Logothete articles with Guilland,

Create[edit]

Manuel Phokas [5]
Ashras ibn Abdallah al-Sulami
Abu'l-Husayn al-Baridi, reuse from Abu Abdallah al-Baridi
Leo Chamaretos [6], [7]
Niketas Helladikos [8]
Niketas (hetaireiarches) [9]
Panagia Plataniotissa [10]
Bardas Boilas
Alexios Makrembolites ("only one Byzantine writer of this age who presents the notion that the ordinary, underprivileged people have any positive role to play in the running of society. His name was Alexios Makrembolites. Among other works he wrote (about 1343) a Dialogue between the Rich and the Poor, which is the closest thing to a sociological document to come out of fourteenth-century Byzantium" Nicol 1979, p. 26)

Translate[edit]

FAC-ready[edit]

Western naval battles against the Turks[edit]

cf. Pryor, Geography, Technology, and War, p. 166

v t e Themes of the Byzantine Empire
Original themes, ca. 660–730	Anatolic Theme (669) · Armeniac Theme (667) · Cibyrrhaeot Theme (732) · Hellas (695) · Opsikion (680) · Sicily (700) · Thrace (680) · Thracesian Theme (711)
Created ca. 750–850	Aegean Sea^§ (842) · Bucellarian Theme^§ (767) · Cappadocia (830) · Cephallenia (809) · Chaldia (863) · Cherson/Klimata (833) · Crete (767?/961) · Dyrrhachium (842) · Macedonia^§ (801) · Paphlagonia (827) · Peloponnese (812) · Thessalonica^§ (836)
Created ca. 850–940	Calabria^§ · Charsianon^§ (873) · Dalmatia (878) · Drougoubiteia · Koloneia (863) · Leontokome/Tephrike (934/944) · Longobardia (892) · Lykandos^§ (ca. 916) · Melitene (975) · Mesopotamia^§ (899/911) · Nicopolis (899) · Samos^§ (899) · Sebasteia (911) · Seleucia^§ (ca. 930) · Strymon^§ (899)
Created ca. 940–1050	Abara^§² (952) · Adata (ca. 970) · Anabarzus¹ (971/975) · Artach (966) · Artze (971/975) · Asmosaton (971/975) · Beroe (971/975) · (Cimmerian?) Bosphorus (971/975) · Chantiarte² (971/975) · Charpezikion² (949) · Chasanara² (971/975) · Chavtzitzin/Chauzizion² (971/975) · Chortzine² · Chouit (971/975) · Chozanon² (948/952) · Cyclades · Derzene (948/952) · Dorostolon (971) · Drouboubiteia · Edessa/Vodena (971/975) · Eirenopolis (971/975) · Erkne² (971/975) · Germanikeia (ca. 970) · Hexakomia² · Jericho · Kaloudia² (ca. 970) · Kama² (971/975) · Koptos² (971/975) · Kymbalaios^§ · Laodicea · Larissa^§² (971/975) · Limniai² (971/975) · Mavron Oros (968) · Melitene² (970) · Melte (971/975) · Mesopotamia of the West · Mopsuestia¹ · Mouzariou² (971/975) · Palatza (966) · Romanoupolis² (ca. 970) · Samosata/Euphrates Cities (948/952) · Soteroupolis/Bourzo (971/975) · New Strymon (971/975) · Taranta² (971/975) · Taron (971/975) · Tarsus¹ (965) · Theodosiopolis (949) · Tzamandos² (971/975) · Tziliapert · Zermiou² (971/975) Τζιλιάπερτ (948/952), Λαοδικείας (975), Βαλανέως (975), Γαβάλων/Ζέβελ (975), Αβύδου (1001), Τελούχ(1030), Παρευφρατιδείων πόλεων (1032), Περκρί(ου) (ca. 1034), Aρτζικέ και Αρκεράβου (ca. 1050), Κοκοβίτ (ca. 1050), Γωτωρώζ και Ελαβάκης (ca. 1050), Mαντζικέρτ (το 1054) και Ιεραπόλεως (1069)
Komnenian-era themes	Mylasa and Melanoudion (1127) · Neokastra (1162/1173) · Podandos^§ (1108)
Dates in parentheses are the first securely attested date of existence as a theme; ^§ signifies existence as an archontia, tourma, kleisoura or other subdivision prior to elevation to a theme; ¹ grouped under the doukaton of Antioch (ca. 969); ² grouped under the doukaton of Mesopotamia (ca. 971/975); ³ grouped under the doukaton of Chaldia (ca. 969);

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Arab–Byzantine wars[edit]

Muslim conquest of Transoxiana[edit]

Wars of Justinian I[edit]

Arab-Byzantine Wars[edit]

First period, the Arab offensive, 634-750[edit]

Second period, balance of power, 750-867[edit]

Third period, Byzantine reconquest, 867-969[edit]

Fourth period, The Fatimid challenge, balance of power and the end, 969-1070s[edit]

Abbasid Caliphs[edit]

Fatimid Caliphs[edit]

Varia[edit]

Ptolemaic stuff[edit]

Byzantine siege warfare[edit]

Sources[edit]

Nicole Papas Oglou[edit]

Themata[edit]

Prisoners of war[edit]

To do[edit]

Create[edit]

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Near GA[edit]

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FAC-ready[edit]

Western naval battles against the Turks[edit]