- Battle of Akroinon
The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon (also known as Acroinon or Acroinum, near modern
Afyon ) inPhrygia , on the western edge of theAnatolia n plateau, in739 between anUmayyad Arab army ofHisham ibn Abd al-Malik , led by his brother Sulayman, and Byzantine forces led byLeo III the Isaurian and his son, the futureConstantine V . In a decisive victory Leo expelled the Arab forces fromAsia Minor , leaving Constantine well-placed to take advantage of the collapse of the Umayyad dynasty. The battle was described in detail in the "Chronicle" ofTheophanes the Confessor .References
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