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730 CE

October – Umayyad forces sack the Byzantine fortress of Charsianon in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), which remains a contested stronghold during the next century of Byzantine–Arab warfare. Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars under Barjik invade the provinces of Jibal and Adharybaydjian. He defeats an Umayyad army (25,000 men) at Ardabil (Iran), killing al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah. Emperor Xuan Zong has four palace walls in the northeast sector of the capital city Chang'an dismantled and reassembled to construct a new Daoist abbey, the grounds of which are formally a large garden for the Bureau of Agriculture.

Conflict & Security

  • September–October – Umayyad forces sack the Byzantine fortress of Charsianon in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), which remains a contested stronghold during the next century of Byzantine–Arab warfare.source
  • December 9 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars under Barjik invade the provinces of Jibal and Adharybaydjian. He defeats an Umayyad army (25,000 men) at Ardabil (Iran), killing al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah.source
  • Charles Martel defeats the last independent dukedom of Alamannia, and incorporates it into the Frankish Empire. He also launches raids on the Saxons beyond the Rhine.source
  • King Liutprand contracts an alliance with Eutychius, exarch of Ravenna, and agrees to support him in his attack on Rome, while subjugating the independent southern Lombard duchies of Benevento and Spoleto.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • In this decade hops are first cultivated in Germany, in the Hallertau region.source

Religion & Belief

  • Emperor Xuan Zong has four palace walls in the northeast sector of the capital city Chang'an dismantled and reassembled to construct a new Daoist abbey, the grounds of which are formally a large garden for the Bureau of Agriculture.source
  • Tiberius Petasius proclaims himself emperor in Tuscia. Eutychius defeats him with the support of Pope Gregory II, and Tiberius is killed in Monterano, with his head sent to the Byzantine emperor Leo III as a gift.source
  • Leo III of the Byzantine Empire orders the destruction of all icons, beginning the First Iconoclastic Period. Many monks flee to Greece and Italy (taking smaller icons with them, hidden in their clothing); others flee to the caves of the Cappadocian desert.source

Births

  • Zhang Xiaozhong, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 791)source
  • Autpert Ambrose, Frankish Benedictine monk (d. 784)source
  • Jia Dan, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 805)source
  • Offa of Mercia (approximate date)source
  • Al-Rabi' ibn Yunus, Arab minister (approximate date)source
  • Beatus of Liébana, monk and theologian (approximate date)source
  • Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • December 9 – Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Arab generalsource
  • Hugh of Champagne, grandson of Pepin of Herstalsource
  • Selbach mac Ferchair, king of Dál Riatasource
  • Corbinian, Frankish bishop (approximate date)source
  • Tiberius Petasius, Byzantine usurpersource
  • Yuwen Rong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (or 731)source