| Siege of Tyana | |||||
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| Part of the Byzantine–Arab Wars | |||||
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| Byzantine Empire | Umayyad Caliphate | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Theophylact Salibas Theodore Karteroukas |
Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik al-Abbas ibn al-Walid |
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The Siege of Tyana in 707–708 was carried out by the Umayyads in retaliation for the heavy defeat of an Umayyad army under Maimun the Mardaite shortly before (possibly in 706) by the Byzantine Empire. The Arab army invaded Byzantine territory in summer 707 and laid siege to the city. Tyana initially withstood the siege with success, and Emperor Justinian II sent a relief army in spring 708. The Umayyads however defeated them, whereupon the inhabitants of the city were forced to surrender (March 708). Despite the agreement of terms, the city was plundered and largely destoyed, and its people were killed or made captive.