Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This video examines the traditional account of the First Arab Siege of Constantinople and how it has, in fact been misdated to the 670's AD.
Chapters:
00:00 The Prelude
02:45 The First Arab Siege of Constantinople c.672-678
05:18 The Historiography
06:12 How Theophanes Created his Account
14:04 Theophanes' Error!
15:42 Theophilos' Account of the War
18:20 An Arab Siege of Constantinople in AD667-669?
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, Series secunda, edited by R. Riedinger, (1984-present).
Agapius, Khitab al-Unvan, edited by A. A. Vasiliev, (1912).
Chronicle of AD1234, edited by J. B. Chabot, (1916-1920).
Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, J. B. Chabot, (1899-1910)
Nikephoros, Short History, Translated by Cyril Mango (1990).
Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle AD284 - 813, translated by Cyril Mango and Roger Scott (1997).
Theophilus of Edessa, Chronicle - and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, Translation by R. G. Hoyland (2011).
Scholarship
Haldon, J. (2008) The Byzantine Wars, Gloucestershire.
Jankowiak, J. 'The First Arab Siege of Constantinople' in Constructing the Seventh Century (2013), 237-322.
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, MART reprint, Toronto.
Treadgold, W. (1997) A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
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If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
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Music Credits:
'You Mean Nothing' by Bastian Kieslinger from SpellForce 3 by Grimlore Games.
'Rome Total War' and 'Imperial Conflict' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome Total War by the Creative Assembly.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
This video examines the traditional account of the First Arab Siege of Constantinople and how it has, in fact been misdated to the 670's AD.
Chapters:
00:00 The Prelude
02:45 The First Arab Siege of Constantinople c.672-678
05:18 The Historiography
06:12 How Theophanes Created his Account
14:04 Theophanes' Error!
15:42 Theophilos' Account of the War
18:20 An Arab Siege of Constantinople in AD667-669?
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum, Series secunda, edited by R. Riedinger, (1984-present).
Agapius, Khitab al-Unvan, edited by A. A. Vasiliev, (1912).
Chronicle of AD1234, edited by J. B. Chabot, (1916-1920).
Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, J. B. Chabot, (1899-1910)
Nikephoros, Short History, Translated by Cyril Mango (1990).
Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle AD284 - 813, translated by Cyril Mango and Roger Scott (1997).
Theophilus of Edessa, Chronicle - and the Circulation of Historical Knowledge in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, Translation by R. G. Hoyland (2011).
Scholarship
Haldon, J. (2008) The Byzantine Wars, Gloucestershire.
Jankowiak, J. 'The First Arab Siege of Constantinople' in Constructing the Seventh Century (2013), 237-322.
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, MART reprint, Toronto.
Treadgold, W. (1997) A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford.
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'You Mean Nothing' by Bastian Kieslinger from SpellForce 3 by Grimlore Games.
'Rome Total War' and 'Imperial Conflict' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome Total War by the Creative Assembly.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
