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Battle of Milazzo (888)
| Battle of Milazzo | |||||||
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| Part of the Muslim conquest of Sicily | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Byzantine-Arab_naval_struggle.svg) Map of the Arab–Byzantine naval conflict in the Mediterranean, 7th–11th centuries | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Aghlabids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Variously 5,000–7,000 (12,000?) dead | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Milazzo was a naval battle fought in 888 between the Byzantine and Aghlabid fleets off northeastern Sicily. The battle was a major Aghlabid victory. It is sometimes known as the Second Battle of Milazzo, counting the Battle of Stelai as the First Battle of Milazzo.[1]
- ^ Eickhoff 1966, pp. 237, 243.
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