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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[June 3]] &ndash; Emperor [[Philippikos Bardanes|Philippicus]] is [[Political mutilation in Byzantine culture|blinded]], deposed, and sent into [[exile]] by conspirators of the [[Opsikion]] army in [[Thrace]], after a reign of 1 year and 6 months. He is succeeded by [[Anastasios II]], a bureaucrat and imperial secretary, who restores internal order and begins the reorganization of the [[Byzantine army]]. He executes the [[officer]]s who have been directly involved in the [[List of conspiracies (political)|conspiracy]] against Philippicus.
* [[Arab–Byzantine wars#Attacks against Byzantine holdings in Africa, Sicily and the East|Arab–Byzantine wars]]: The [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] [[Arab people|Arabs]] under [[al-Abbas ibn al-Walid]], son of caliph [[al-Walid I]], sack [[Antioch in Pisidia]] (modern [[Turkey]]), which never recovers.