941 – 1945; 1951 – 1973
Year 941 (Roman numerals, CMXLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * May – September – Rus'–Byzantine War (941), Rus'–Byzantine War: The Kievan Rus', Rus' and their allies, the Pechenegs, under the Varangians, Varangian prince Igor of Kiev, Igor I of Kiev, cross the Black Sea with an invasion fleet of 1,000 ships (40,000 men) and disembark on the northern coast of Asia Minor. While the Byzantine navy, Byzantine fleet is engaged against the Arabs in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, the Rus' forces reach the gates of Constantinople. Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, Romanos I organizes the defense of the capital and assembles 15 old ships (equipped with throwers of Greek fire) under the chamberlain (''protovestiarios'') Theophanes (chamberlain), Theophanes. The Byzantines repel the Rus' fleet (nearly annihilating the entire fleet) but can not prevent the invade ...
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Byzantines Repel The Russian Attack Of 941
Byzantines may refer to: *The citizens of the Byzantine Empire in antiquity **The Byzantine Greeks or Eastern Romans, the ruling class of the Byzantine Empire. **The population of the Byzantine Empire, including all separate ethnic and tribal groups living there See also * Byzantine (other) The Byzantine Empire was the medieval Eastern Roman empire, that evolved after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Byzantine may also refer to: Byzantine Empire, religion, and culture *Byzantine architecture ** Byzantine Revi ...