Leo has repaired the extensive walls of …
Years: 739 - 739
Leo has repaired the extensive walls of Constantinople, and has maintained peaceful relations with the Bulgarians to the north, enabling him to concentrate his military abilities against the Arab menace to Asia Minor.
When the Caliphate invades imperial territory in 739, Leo dispatches imperial forces to engage them in Phrygia.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Opsikian Theme
- Muslims, Sunni
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Isaurian dynasty
Topics
- Migration Period Pessimum
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Byzantine-Muslim War of 739-40
