Theophilus, exploiting dissension within the Arab camp, …
Years: 841 - 841
Theophilus, exploiting dissension within the Arab camp, captures Melitene on the Armenian border with the help of Spanish Moors in 841, forcing al-Mu'tasim to sign a truce, ending a decade of warfare between Caliphate and Empire.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Moors
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Phrygian or Armorian dynasty
Topics
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Iconoclastic period, second
- Islamic Conquest of Sicily
- Byzantine-Muslim War of 830-41
