Skylitzes Chronicle

f99v Byzantines defeated by Arabs

The foot soldiers of Emperor Basil I, distinguished by their long shields, deserting their general in the face of hostile Arab forces who carry round shields. The Byzantine general, Procopius, is killed.

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