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Medieval era · 904 CE

Sack of Thessalonica

The sack of Thessalonica was the capture and subsequent sack of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica by the Abbasid Caliphate and Tulunids in the year 904, led by Leo of Tripoli, a privateer and Muslim convert.

Sack of Thessalonica
Sack of Thessalonica · Cplakidas , from 12th century manuscript, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
904 CE
Where
Thessaloniki
Era
Medieval

Topics

Greece776 BCE – todayByzantine Empire752 BCE – 1453

Before and after

Battle of Southern Buh896 CEBattle of Pressburg907 CEShow on timeline

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