Talk:Battle of Syllaeum

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this picture makes the byzantines look like they were stronger because of all the men that shouldnt be there!There wasnt that many on there anyway! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.167.194.36 (talk) 04:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

No battle at Syllaeum
There is a major factual problem with this article: there was no battle at Syllaeum. The Byzantines did indeed attack the besieging Muslims, but they did so in the Sea of Marmara, and no details are known other than that Greek fire won the victory. What happened at Syllaeum was that the retreating Arab fleet was wrecked there in a storm. Cf the sources, Theophanes (primary) and Treadgold (secondary). This article, by its title alone, is misleading. IMO it should be deleted and the correct events added to the article on the siege itself. Any other opinions? Constantine  ✍  23:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Is not the problem that the article needs a differnet name. You are not sayinmg that the naval campaign did not happen, merely that it was not at Syllaeum.  Peterkingiron (talk) 00:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)