Euphemius (Sicily)
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Euphemius or Euphemios was a Byzantine commander in Sicily, who rebelled against the imperial governor in 826 AD, and invited the Aghlabids to aid him, thus beginning the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
Gold solidus showing Emperor Michael II and his son Theophilos
Muslim conquest of Sicily
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The Muslim Aghlabids conquered Sicily between June 827 and 902, when the last major Byzantine stronghold on the island, Taormina, fell. Isolated fortresses remained in Byzantine hands until 965, but t
Euphemius (Sicily)
…was a Byzantine commander in Sicily, who rebelled against the imperial governor in 826 AD, and invited the Aghlabids to aid him, thus beginning the Muslim conquest of Sicily. Euphemius was a Byzantine military commander. In 826, he was a tourmarches and was appointed by the new governor of the theme of Sicily, the patrikios…
View of Enna (Castrogiovanni)
Emperor Theophilos and his court, from the Madrid Skylitzes
The fall of Syracuse to the Arabs, from the Madrid Skylitzes
Aghlabid quarter-dinar, minted in Sicily, 879