Battle of Cephalonia
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Battle of Cephalonia
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The Battle of Cephalonia was a naval battle fought between the Byzantine and Aghlabid fleets near Cephalonia, off the western coast of Greece. The battle was a major Byzantine victory, and one of the rare naval battles that took place during the night in the Middle Ages. In 880, a fleet from the Aghlabid emirate of Ifriqiya sailed against the Byzantine Empire and raided the western coasts of Greece. John Skylitzes reports that it numbered sixty "exceedingly large" ships, and that it raided the I
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Medieval naval battle between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Aghlabids; Roman victory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cephalonia
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2020-12-15T22:43:20Z
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