Persian and Arab Sieges of Constantinople
- The First Siege of Constantinople by Avars, Slavs and Sassanid Persians in 626.
- The First Arab Siege in 674-678
- The Second Arab Siege in 717-718
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“Oh! thou clear spirit of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian once did worship, till in the sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this hour I bear the scar; I now know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know that thy right worship is defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt thou be kind; and e’en for hate thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No fearless fool now fronts thee.”
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