034: the Arab Siege of Constantinople in 717 CE

Send us a textThe invincible Arab army set its sights on Constantinople; once this city fell, the entire Roman Empire would crumble in the wake of the Rashidun Caliphate. Unfortunately for the Arabs, the Theodosian Walls were unlike anything they had ever encountered before. These walls were built at the height of the Roman Empire, and they would stand for over a thousand years. At this place, the Tsunami, which was the Umayyad Caliphate, would break against the walls of Constantinople and th...