Sack of Thessalonica (904)

Sack of Thessalonica
Part of the Arab–Byzantine Wars

The sack of Thessalonica, from the Madrid Skylitzes
Date904
Location
Result Decisive Abbasid victory
Territorial
changes
Thessalonica captured by the Abbasids and most of the city destroyed
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire Abbasid Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Petronas
Leo Chitzilakes
Niketas
Leo of Tripoli

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


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