Siege of Narbonne (752–759)
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title:
Siege of Narbonne (752–759)
text:
The siege of Narbonne took place in France between 752 and 759, led by the Frankish king Pepin the Short against the Umayyad stronghold defended by an garrison of Arab and Berber Muslim troops who had invaded Septimania and occupied the Visigothic Kingdom and its Gallo-Roman inhabitants since 719. The siege remained as a key battlefield in the context of the Carolingian expedition south to Provence and Septimania starting in 752. The region of Septimania was up to that point in the hands of Anda
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Frankish expedition and conquest of Septimania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Narbonne_(752%E2%80%93759)
date created:
2012-06-09T07:00:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T07:03:37Z
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