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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
Amorium
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (8)
Negative Trigger
The
Sack
of
Amorium
by
the
Abbasid
Caliphate
in
mid-August
838
was
one
of
the
major
events
Social_event
in
the
long
history
of
the
Arab–Byzantine
Wars
.
Mu'tasim
targeted
Aiming
Amorium
,
a
Byzantine
city
in
western
Asia
Minor
(
modern
Anatolia
)
,
because
it
was
the
birthplace
of
the
ruling
Byzantine
dynasty
and
,
at
the
time
,
one
of
Byzantium
's
largest
and
most
important
cities
.
After
sacking
Hold
the
city
,
they
turned
Change
south
to
Amorium
,
where
they
arrived
Arriving
on
1
August
.
Amorium
was
strongly
fortified
Cause_change_of_strength
and
garrisoned
Defending
,
but
a
traitor
revealed
Reveal_secret
a
weak
spot
in
the
wall
,
where
the
Abbasids
concentrated
their
attack
Attack
,
effecting
a
breach
.
Amorium
was
systematically
destroyed
Destroying
,
never
to
recover
Recovering
its
former
prosperity
.
Most
of
the
survivors
were
released
after
a
truce
in
841
,
but
prominent
officials
were
taken
Conquering
to
the
caliph
's
capital
of
Samarra
and
executed
Rewards_and_punishments
years
later
after
refusing
Agree_or_refuse_to_act
to
convert
Change
to
Islam
,
becoming
Becoming
known
as
the
42
Martyrs
of
Amorium
.
The
conquest
Attack
of
Amorium
was
not
only
a
major
military
disaster
Catastrophe
and
a
heavy
personal
blow
for
Theophilos
,
but
also
a
traumatic
event
Social_event
for
the
Byzantines
,
its
impact
resonating
in
later
literature
.
As
Iconoclasm
relied
Supply
heavily
on
military
success
for
its
legitimization
,
the
fall
of
Amorium
contributed
Giving
decisively
to
its
abandonment
shortly
after
Theophilos
's
death
in
842
.
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