Bitka kod Akroinona

Bitka kod Akroinona
Dio/deo bizantsko-arapskih ratova
Karta Anadolije (Asia Minor) 740. Akroinon se nalazi u središtu zapadnog ruba Anadolijske visoravni
Datum 740. Lokacija Akroinon, Bizantsko Carstvo (suvremeni Afyon, Turska) Rezultat odlučna bizantska pobjeda.
Zaraćene strane
Omejadski Kalifat	Bizantsko Carstvo
Komandanti i vođe
Abdallah al-Battal † al-Malik ibn Shu'aib †	Lav III Constantine V
Snage
20.000	nepoznata
Žrtve i gubici
13.200	nepoznati

Bitka kod Akroinona ili Bitka kod Akroina se godine 740. za vrijeme bizantsko-arapskih ratova odigrala u Frigiji (današnja zapadna Turska) između bizantske vojske pod carem Lavom III i njegovim sinom Konstantinom na jednoj, i arapsko-muslimanske omejadske vojske pod Abdallahom al-Batalom i Al-Malik ibn Sh'uaibom na drugoj strani. U njoj su bizantske odnijele veliku pobjedu prilikom koje su poginula oba arapska komandanta i arapska vojska najvećim dijelom uništena. Tradicionalno se smatra da su njome na nekoliko decenija zaustavljeni dalji prodori Arapa u Malu Aziju, odnosno stvoreni preduvjeti za bizantsku protuofenzivu u kasnijim decenijama.

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