The Byzantines under the general Damian attack <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Crete" class="mw-redirect" title="Crete">Crete</a> but are defeated by the Saracens, ca. 828. From the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Madrid_Skylitzes" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrid Skylitzes">Madrid Skylitzes</a>.
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