Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
This video uses a wide range of primary sources to reconstruct the First Arab Siege of Constantinople.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:42 The Road to War
05:09 The First Arab Siege of Constantinople AD668
19:31 Meanwhile in Syracuse...
24:08 Constantine IV vs Mezizius
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Anastasius of Sinai, translated by A. Binggeli, PhD Thesis, (2001).
Continuatio Byzantia Arabica, translated by R. Hoyland, (1997).
Continuatio Hispana, second edition, translated by K. B. Wolf, (1999).
History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, Vols. III,
Agatho to Michael I (766), edited by B. Evetts (1910).
Liber Pontificalis, Third Edition, translated by R. Davis, (2010).
Maronite Chronicle, translated by A. Palmer, (1993).
Mateos, J., Le Typicon de la Grande Église. Vol. I, Le cycle des douze mois, Rome 1962.
Meyer-Plath, B., Schneider, A. M., Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel. Vols. II, Aufnahme, Beschreibung und Geschichte, Berlin 1943, no. 36.
Movses Dasxurants'i's, History of the Aghuans, translated by B. Robert (2010).
Nikephoros, Short History, translated by C. Mango (1990).
Kosmas of Jerusalem. in Patrologia Graeca 38, colophon 534, (1857-1866).
Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle, translated by C. Mango and R. Scott, (1997).
Theophilus of Edessa, Chronicle, translated by R. G. Hoyland, (2011).
Scholarship
Brooks, E. W. 'The Sicilian Expedition of Constantine IV' (1908).
Howard-Johnston, J., Witnesses to a World Crisis, (2010).
Hoyland, R. Seeing Islam as Others Saw It, (1997).
Jankowiak, M. 'The First Arab Siege of Constantinople' in Constructing the Seventh Century, edited by C. Zuckerman, (2013).
Treadgold, W., The Early Byzantine Historians, (2007).
Zuckerman, C. 'Learning from the Enemy and More: Studies in 'Dark Centuries' Byzantium', (2005).
Zuckerman, C. 'A Gothia in the Hellespont in the Early Eighth Century', (1995).
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:
'Time 2 Kill', 'Rome Total War', 'Imperial Conflict' and 'Lost Souls' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome: Total War by the Creative Assembly.
'Eastern Theme' by Nick Wylie from Europa Barbarorum.
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 uses a wide range of primary sources to reconstruct the First Arab Siege of Constantinople.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:42 The Road to War
05:09 The First Arab Siege of Constantinople AD668
19:31 Meanwhile in Syracuse...
24:08 Constantine IV vs Mezizius
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Anastasius of Sinai, translated by A. Binggeli, PhD Thesis, (2001).
Continuatio Byzantia Arabica, translated by R. Hoyland, (1997).
Continuatio Hispana, second edition, translated by K. B. Wolf, (1999).
History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, Vols. III,
Agatho to Michael I (766), edited by B. Evetts (1910).
Liber Pontificalis, Third Edition, translated by R. Davis, (2010).
Maronite Chronicle, translated by A. Palmer, (1993).
Mateos, J., Le Typicon de la Grande Église. Vol. I, Le cycle des douze mois, Rome 1962.
Meyer-Plath, B., Schneider, A. M., Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel. Vols. II, Aufnahme, Beschreibung und Geschichte, Berlin 1943, no. 36.
Movses Dasxurants'i's, History of the Aghuans, translated by B. Robert (2010).
Nikephoros, Short History, translated by C. Mango (1990).
Kosmas of Jerusalem. in Patrologia Graeca 38, colophon 534, (1857-1866).
Theophanes the Confessor, Chronicle, translated by C. Mango and R. Scott, (1997).
Theophilus of Edessa, Chronicle, translated by R. G. Hoyland, (2011).
Scholarship
Brooks, E. W. 'The Sicilian Expedition of Constantine IV' (1908).
Howard-Johnston, J., Witnesses to a World Crisis, (2010).
Hoyland, R. Seeing Islam as Others Saw It, (1997).
Jankowiak, M. 'The First Arab Siege of Constantinople' in Constructing the Seventh Century, edited by C. Zuckerman, (2013).
Treadgold, W., The Early Byzantine Historians, (2007).
Zuckerman, C. 'Learning from the Enemy and More: Studies in 'Dark Centuries' Byzantium', (2005).
Zuckerman, C. 'A Gothia in the Hellespont in the Early Eighth Century', (1995).
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:
'Time 2 Kill', 'Rome Total War', 'Imperial Conflict' and 'Lost Souls' by Jeff van Dyke from Rome: Total War by the Creative Assembly.
'Eastern Theme' by Nick Wylie from Europa Barbarorum.
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.
