Battle of Kardia
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Battle of Kardia
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The Battle of Kardia was a naval battle fought in c. 872/3 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Cretan Saracens off Kardia, in the Gulf of Saros. The battle was a major Byzantine victory. According to the 10th-century chronicler Theophanes Continuatus—whose work was later reused almost without change by the 11th-century historian John Skylitzes—in the early years of the reign of the Emperor Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), the Arab emir of Crete, Shu'ayb, son of the founder of
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kardia
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2016-01-22T18:16:28Z
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2024-09-07T13:49:06Z
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