Battle of the Gulf of Corinth
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Battle of the Gulf of Corinth
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The Battle of the Gulf of Corinth was fought in c. 873 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Cretan Saracens in the Gulf of Corinth. The Byzantines under Niketas Ooryphas managed to surprise the Saracens, resulting in 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 the Arab emir
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Naval battle during the Arab–Byzantine wars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Corinth
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2024-03-20T12:38:50Z
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