Battle of Sebastopolis information

Battle of Sebastopolis
	Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars
Date	692 AD
Location	Sebastopolis
Result	Umayyad victory
Belligerents
Umayyad Caliphate	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad ibn Marwan	Leontius; Neboulos

The Battle of Sebastopolis was fought at Sebastopolis (mostly identified with Elaiussa Sebaste in Cilicia but also with modern Sulusaray) in 692 CE between the Byzantine Empire and the Umayyad Caliphate under Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. The battle ended the peace that had existed between the two powers since 680.

The Umayyad army was led by Muhammad ibn Marwan. The Byzantines were led by Leontios and included a "special army" of 30,000 Bulgars under their leader, Neboulos. The Umayyads, incensed at the breaking of the treaty, used copies of its texts in the place of a flag.^[1] Though the battle seemed to be tilting to the Byzantine advantage, the defection of upwards of 20,000 Slavs ensured a Byzantine defeat.^[2]^[3]^[4] One source states that the Emperor Justinian II massacred the remaining Slavs, including women and children, at the Gulf of Nicomedia,^[3] but modern scholars do not consider it a reliable account.^[4]

^ Brooks, E.W., "The Successors of Heraclius to 717" in The Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 2(Cambridge University Press, 1957), 407.
^ Ostrogorsky, George, History of the Byzantine state,(Rutgers University Press, 1969), 131.
^ ^a ^b Hendy, Michael F., Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy C. 300-1450, (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 631.
^ ^a ^b Haldon, John F., Byzantium in the seventh century, (Cambridge University Press, 1997), 72.

[1] Brooks, E.W., "The Successors of Heraclius to 717" in The Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 2(Cambridge University Press, 1957), 407.

[2] Ostrogorsky, George, History of the Byzantine state,(Rutgers University Press, 1969), 131.

[Hendy-3] Hendy, Michael F., Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy C. 300-1450, (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 631.

[Haldon-4] Haldon, John F., Byzantium in the seventh century, (Cambridge University Press, 1997), 72.

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