Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople in 717–718 was a combined land and sea offensive by the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire. In 716, after years of preparations, the Arabs, led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, invaded Byzantine Asia Minor. After wintering in the western coastlands of Asia Minor, the Arab army crossed into Thrace...