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Capture of Syracuse |
year: 877-87821 May 878 |
| The Arabs captured the city of Syracuse and took control of Sicily | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Arabs (Aghlabids)
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location: Syracuse, Sicily
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battle type: City Capture |
war: Muslim conquest of Sicily |
modern country:
Italy |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Basil I the Macedonian) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Unknown | Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Tamini |
| Forces: | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Background story: |
| Fifty years after an initial failure at Syracuse, the Arab invaders of Sicily had seized most of the island, including Palermo and Messina. The time had come for them to make a new effort to capture the city. |
The Battle: |
 the capture of Syracuse in the Skylitzes manuscript After a long siege, with no aid from the Emperor Basil I, Syracuse was starved into surrender. The city fell on May 21, 878. |
Aftermath: |
| After the fall of Syracuse, the Byzantines had the control of only a short stretch of coast around Taormina. The fall of Taormina in 902 secured Muslim control of Sicily . |
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