<prompt> Muchidimbu 870s, Cretan raids asvika itsva zvikuru: nezvikepe zvavo, kazhinji vaitungamirirwa Byzantine renegades, ranged mhiri Aegean uye mberi kure, richisvika Dalmatian mahombekombe. Pane imwe nguva c. 873 Cretan nezvikepe pasi renegade Photios kunyange akapinda muGungwa reMarmara uye pasina kubudirira akarwisa Proconnesos; nguva yokutanga kubva Second Arab Kukombwa Constantinople muna 717718 kuti nezvikepe Muslim akanga asvika saka pedyo Byzantine guru. Zvisinei, pakudzoka kwayo, vakatambura kukundwa inorema pamaoko itsva Byzantine admiral, Ophetas Sokophos, panguva Battle of Kardia. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Ophetas akambomiswazve Cretan raids panguva Gulf of Corinth uye akatungamirira vasungwa vakawanda, vasvika mhiri Dalmatian mahombekombe. Pane imwe nguva c. 873 Cretan nezvikepe pasi renegade Photios kunyange vakapinda muGungwa reMarmara uye kubudirira akarwisa Proconnesos; nguva yokutanga kubvira Second Arab Kukombwa Constantinople muna 717718 kuti nezvikepe Muslim akanga as  <response>: muna 904 