708

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century 8th century 9th century
Decades:	680s 690s 700s 710s 720s
Years:	705 706 707 708 709 710 711

708 by topic
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708 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	708 DCCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1461
Armenian calendar	157 ԹՎ ՃԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	5458
Balinese saka calendar	629–630
Bengali calendar	115
Berber calendar	1658
Buddhist calendar	1252
Burmese calendar	70
Byzantine calendar	6216–6217
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3404 or 3344 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3405 or 3345
Coptic calendar	424–425
Discordian calendar	1874
Ethiopian calendar	700–701
Hebrew calendar	4468–4469
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	764–765
- Shaka Samvat	629–630
- Kali Yuga	3808–3809
Holocene calendar	10708
Iranian calendar	86–87
Islamic calendar	89–90
Japanese calendar	Keiun 5 / Wadō 1 (和銅元年)
Javanese calendar	600–602
Julian calendar	708 DCCVIII
Korean calendar	3041
Minguo calendar	1204 before ROC 民前1204年
Nanakshahi calendar	−760
Seleucid era	1019/1020 AG
Thai solar calendar	1250–1251
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 834 or 453 or −319 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 835 or 454 or −318

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Battle of Anchialus (708)

Year 708 (DCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 708 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

Arab–Byzantine War: The Umayyads under Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik capture and sack the Byzantine city of Tyana (Cappadocia) after a prolonged siege, and following a victory over a Byzantine relief army. Maslamah also leads another expedition in the summer, and defeats a Byzantine force near Amorium (modern Turkey).^[1]

Europe

Battle of Anchialus: A Byzantine expeditionary force under Emperor Justinian II is defeated near the seaside city of Anchialus, on the Black Sea Coast. The Byzantines are overwhelmed by a surprise attack of Bulgarian cavalry, led by Tervel. Justinian manages to reach the fortress, and escapes to Constantinople on a ship.^[1]^[2]

Asia

Nazaktar Khan, a Turk Shahi prince in alliance with the Tibetan Empire, captures Bactria from the Umayyads.
August 29 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

By topic

Medicine

Tea drinking gains popularity among the Chinese. It is also valued for its alleged medicinal values (approximate date).

Religion

January 15 – Pope Sisinnius succeeds Pope John VII as the 87th pope.^[2]
March 25 – Pope Constantine I succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.^[2]
Island Mont Tombe is dedicated to Michael and renamed Mont Saint-Michel.

Births

June 25 – Yuthog Yontan Gonpo, Tibetan high priest (lama) (d. 833)
Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 707)

Deaths

February 4 – Sisinnius, pope of the Catholic Church
June 5 – Jacob of Edessa, Syriac writer
Abd-Allah ibn Ibadh, Muslim jurist and imam
Drogo, duke of Champagne (b. 670)

References

1 2 Treadgold, Warren T. (1997), A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, p. 341, ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
1 2 3 Venning, Timothy, ed. (2006). A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 191. ISBN 1-4039-1774-4.

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