…sack Rafaniya. Hims is not seriously …
Years: 999 - 999
…sack Rafaniya.
Hims is not seriously threatened, but a month-long siege of Tripoli in December fails.
Although Basil does not have sufficient forces to drive into Palestine and reclaim Jerusalem, his victories have restored much of Syria to the empire.
No emperor since Heraclius has been able to hold these lands for any length of time, and they will remain possessions of Constantinople for the next seventy-five years.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Ismailism
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Hamdanid Dynasty
- Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of
- Fatimid Caliphate
