Monthly Archives: March 2016

View of modern Heraklion (in Crete) founded by the Arab invaders in 828

View of Enna (modern Castrogiovanni) in Sicily where Euphemius was stabbed to death

Michael II tries to secure his regime now that the civil war is over. However attacks on Sicily and Crete prevent him from returning to “normality.”

Period: 824-829

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Thomas the Slav negotiates with the Arabs (from The Chronicle of John Scylitzes)

Thomas the Slav’s troops in action (from The Chronicle of John Scylitzes)

Leo’s murder is greeted with disgust in Anatolia where men rally behind Thomas the Slav. But back at the capital men get behind Michael of Amorium as a suitable replacement. This split leads to a three year civil war and a stalemate which suggests that God favours neither man.

Period: 820-824

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