Siege of Tyana (707–708)
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The Siege of Tyana in 707–708 was carried out by the Umayyads in retaliation for the heavy defeat of an Umayyad army under Maimun the Mardaite shortly before (possibly in 706) by the Byzantine Empire
. The Arab army invaded Byzantine territory in summer 707 and laid siege to the city. Tyana initially withstood the siege with success, and Emperor Justinian II
sent a relief army in spring 708. The Umayyads however defeated them, whereupon the inhabitants of the city were forced to surrender (March 708). Despite the agreement of terms, the city was plundered and largely destoyed, and its people were killed or made captive.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
. The Arab army invaded Byzantine territory in summer 707 and laid siege to the city. Tyana initially withstood the siege with success, and Emperor Justinian II
Justinian II
Justinian II , surnamed the Rhinotmetos or Rhinotmetus , was the last Byzantine Emperor of the Heraclian Dynasty, reigning from 685 to 695 and again from 705 to 711...
sent a relief army in spring 708. The Umayyads however defeated them, whereupon the inhabitants of the city were forced to surrender (March 708). Despite the agreement of terms, the city was plundered and largely destoyed, and its people were killed or made captive.