Greetings all,
Today we celebrate the Byzantine victory at the Battle of
Lalakon, fought between Byzantine and Arab forces on September 3rd in
863 AD:
Abbasid Caliphate forces had invaded northern Turkey, and
reached the Black Sea.
The Byzantines marshaled their forces and encircled the Arab army near
the river Lalakon. The Byzantine forces were victorious and the Arab
emir was killed. The Byzantines were thereafter able to mount a
counteroffensive across the border. The Byzantine victories were
decisive and paved the way for the Empire's ascendancy in the East, and
the generals that won the victory were granted a triumphal entrance into
Constantinople.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
Mezazon
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