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674 CE–678 CE

First Arab siege of Constantinople

Roman Empire · Guerra, ciudades y tecnología militar

Sources place a major Arab siege of Constantinople between 674 and 678. The capital’s resistance preserved the eastern political center without ending Arab-Byzantine raids and wars.

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