Major conflict717 CE – 718 CE · 1 year

Siege of Constantinople (717-718)

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Constantinople

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

The Arab siege that failed to capture Constantinople, saving the Byzantine Empire and marking a turning point.

Belligerents2

Byzantine Empire
Umayyad Caliphate

ON THE MAPByzantine Empire (600-750)Umayyad Caliphate

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Siege of Constantinople (717-718) (717 CE – 718 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/arab-siege-const-717 · Sources & methodology