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- The Cretan expedition occurred in August 949, where the Byzantine army invaded the island of Crete which was held by the Arabs. The expedition ended in...3 KB (267 words) - 22:25, 26 August 2024
- The Cretan expedition occurred between 911 and 912, when the Byzantine army invaded the island of Crete to recapture it, which was held by the Arabs....4 KB (347 words) - 22:25, 26 August 2024
- Emirate of Crete (redirect from Cretan Saracens)Minor. As a result, Emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959) sent another expedition in 949. This too was routed in a surprise attack, a defeat which Byzantine...28 KB (3,396 words) - 19:54, 3 June 2024
- large-scale, seaborne Byzantine expedition was sent against Crete, only for it to be comprehensively defeated by the Cretan Saracens. Miles 1964, pp. 11–15...2 KB (200 words) - 04:26, 22 August 2023
- against the Bulgars, at the Battle of Acheloos in 917. In the Cretan expedition of 949, 456 soldiers of the unit from Bithynia, as well as an unspecified...10 KB (1,132 words) - 23:07, 26 October 2023
- preparation, the Byzantine expeditions against Crete failed due to supply constraints and the strategy of attrition followed by the Cretan Saracens. Success or...21 KB (2,974 words) - 22:12, 4 June 2024
- emperor Constantine VII to launch another expedition to recapture Crete. This expedition did not sail until 949 and was a failure. He was succeeded by his...2 KB (243 words) - 08:49, 3 June 2024
- ISSN 0378-2506. Makrypoulias, Christos G. (2000). "Byzantine Expeditions against the Emirate of Crete c. 825–949". Graeco-Arabica. 7–8: 347–362. Miles, George C....10 KB (1,286 words) - 14:08, 12 April 2024
- Γογγύλης; fl. c. 913/4–949) was a Byzantine eunuch and court official who led a failed expedition against the Emirate of Crete in 949. Nothing is known of...5 KB (523 words) - 19:57, 13 January 2021
- Byzantine navy (section Naval expeditions of Manuel I)general dromon type, as detailed in the inventories for the Cretan expeditions of 911 and 949: the [chelandion] ousiakon ([χελάνδιον] οὑσιακόν), so named...156 KB (20,945 words) - 00:39, 9 June 2024
- ISBN 0-19-504652-8. Makrypoulias, Christos G. (2000), "Byzantine Expeditions against the Emirate of Crete c. 825–949", Graeco-Arabica (7–8): 347–362 Nesbitt, John; Oikonomides...15 KB (1,744 words) - 12:06, 3 May 2024
- have been used more and more in overseas expeditions, such as those sent against the Emirate of Crete in 911, 949 and 960. The same process saw the theme...13 KB (1,537 words) - 17:24, 29 April 2024
- Chrysos 1990, pp. 28–29; Howard-Johnston 2008, p. 949; Haldon 1990, p. 286. Howard-Johnston 2008, p. 949. Kazhdan 1990, p. 5. Kazhdan 1990, pp. 11, 13, 20...235 KB (25,502 words) - 17:22, 31 August 2024
- Beornwulf of Mercia, ending Mercian supremacy. 829 Battle of Thasos The Cretan Saracens defeat the Byzantines off Thasos. 838 Battle of Anzen Theophilus...181 KB (83 words) - 02:40, 1 September 2024
- participating in a campaign to southern Italy in 935 and in the Cretan expedition of 949, but the sources are silent about its subsequent history and eventual...12 KB (1,498 words) - 19:53, 14 September 2023
- held despite the massive seaborne expedition launched by Byzantium in 960 to recover the island of Crete. The Cretan Arabs appealed for help to both the...74 KB (11,035 words) - 16:19, 1 April 2024
- "starry one"; Astraeus "god of dusk" (litt. "starry"); Astraea "star-maiden"; Cretan king Asterion "starry". acc. stā̆rǝm, gen. stārō, pl. nom. staras-ča, stārō...337 KB (8,973 words) - 20:48, 31 August 2024
- Boston: De Gruyter. Makrypoulias, Christos G. (2000). "Byzantine Expeditions against the Emirate of Crete c. 825–949". Graeco-Arabica. 7–8: 347–362....2 KB (215 words) - 11:47, 18 March 2023
- daughter of the discoverer, Norman Pogson. DMP · 42 43 Ariadne – Ariadne, Cretan princess and daughter of king Minos from Greek mythology, who sent every...172 KB (448 words) - 16:21, 21 August 2024
- 89. Makrypoulias, Christos G. (2000). Byzantine Expeditions against the Emirate of Crete c. 825–949. Graeco-Arabica. 7–8. pp. 347–362. Treadgold, Warren...172 KB (21,684 words) - 04:05, 27 August 2024
- ability, and unbounded exertions of Commanders Payne and Warde, of the Cretan and Banterer sloops, says:– “The constant attention and activity of Mr.