Siege of Constantinople
...that the Siege of Constantinople by the Rus in 860 is known primarily from the writings of Patriarch Photius, who referred to the invaders as "a swarm of wasps" and compared their attack to "a thunderbolt from heaven"?
...that the <b id="mwDfo"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Rus'-Byzantine_War_(860)" id="mwDfs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rus'-Byzantine War (860)">Siege of Constantinople</a></b> by <a class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" href="./The_Rus" id="mwDfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Rus">the Rus</a> in <a href="./860" id="mwDf0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="860">860</a> is known primarily from the writings of <a class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" href="./Patriarch_Photius" id="mwDf4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Patriarch Photius">Patriarch Photius</a>, who referred to the invaders as "a swarm of wasps" and compared their attack to "a thunderbolt from heaven"?