Constans is decisively defeated, indeed almost killed. Hundreds of his ships are sunk, the Roman navy is totally devastated.
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Eventually Constans goes to Sicily, where the enormous expense of the imperial household alienates and enrages everybody. He is assassinated while taking a bath by his eunuch chamberlain, probably in September 668.
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Next thread, probably tomorrow: We'll start with some maps, to survey the extent of territorial loss Byzantium experienced in this period. Then we'll cover the reigns of Constantine IV and Justinian II.
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If you want to read about all of this in vastly more detail, I recommend you try to get access to Andreas Nikolaos Stratos, Byzantium in the Seventh Century, a five-volume magnum opus in translation that is both highly readable and very reliable.
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And here at the end I clip in helpful orphaned comment from @Scooby17481811 to the prior nuked thread, who points out that late 6th/7th century revenue problems might also have something to do with the Justinianic plague. https://twitter.com/Scooby17481811/status/1392861702056726533?s=20 …
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Looking forward. Thanks.
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