Greetings all,
Today we celebrate the Byzantine victory in ending the siege by Avars and Bulgars on August 7th in 626 AD:
In
the waters of the Golden Horn a Persian fleet was destroyed while
ferrying reinforcements. The Avars, who had suffered great losses in
trying to besiege the city, and running short of food and supplies,
burned their siege engines. They abandoned the siege and retreated to
the Balkan peninsula. The Byzantines then had a decisive victory at
Blachernae, under the protection of the nearby Church of the Virgin
Mary.
There should be cake! :)
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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