Battle of Sebastopolis

Battle of Sebastopolis

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Sebastopolis


caption=
partof=the Muslim conquests and the Byzantine-Arab Wars
date=692
place=Sebastopolis (modern Sulusaray)
result=Umayyad victory
combatant1=Umayyad Caliphate
combatant2=Byzantine Empire
commander1=Caliph Abd al-Malik
commander2=Leontios,
Neboulos
strength1=Unknown
strength2=Unknown
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=Unknown
The Battle of Sebastopolis was fought near the eastern shores of the Black Sea in 692 between the Byzantine Empire and Umayyads. The Byzantines were led by Leontios, and included a "special army" of 30,000 Slavs under their leader Neboulos. The Byzantine loss can be attributed to the defection of upwards of 20,000 Slavs due to the harsh treatment under Justinian II, thus ensuring a Byzantine defeat. In the aftermath of the battle the Emperor reportedly rounded up every Slavic family in Bithynia and had them killed. Furious at the loss of the army, the Emperor Justinian also had the commander Leontios imprisoned for two years.

References

* Theophanes the Confessor, "Chronicle", entry for "Anno Mundi" 6184
* cite book
title = Byzantium: The Early Years
first = John Julius | last = Norwich
id = ISBN 0-394-53778-5


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