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Siege of Thessalonica

Name: Siege of Thessalonica
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece

Siege of Thessalonica was a siege conducted in AD 676 at Thessaloniki, in what is now Greece; it lasted about 2 years. It was part of the Slavic invasion of the Balkans. The recorded result: Successful defence of Thessalonica.

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FoughtAD 676lasted about 2 years

WhereThessaloniki, Greece40.633N, 22.953E

OutcomeSuccessful defence of Thessalonica

BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstSlavic tribes: Rhynchinoi, Strymonitai, Sagoudatai, Drougoubitai

Part ofSlavic invasion of the Balkans

Record

Date	AD 676 (year precision) to AD 678
Place	Thessaloniki, Greece 40.633N, 22.953E
Kind	Siege, medieval

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Sack of Thessalonica 1185, 0.2 km W
Siege of Thessalonica AD 617, 0.2 km W
Siege of Thessalonica AD 614, 0.2 km W
Siege of Thessalonica AD 254, 0.2 km W
Siege of Thessalonica 1383, 0.2 km W

Contested ground: this site was fought over 16 times between AD 254 and 1422.

In the same war

Before: Siege of Thessalonica AD 614

Siege of Thessalonica is one of 179 engagements of the 7th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q55633164, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Thessalonica (676–678), revision 1370745784, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.