Forty years after the first failed siege, the Arabs returned with 80,000 men and 1,800 ships. Leo III outsmarted the besiegers at every turn and induced the Bulgarians — traditional enemies of the empire — to deliver the killing blow. Fewer than half the Arab invaders made it back to Damascus, and of 1,800 ships only five survived Greek fire and winter storms.
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Episode 11 (15 mentions)
Forty years after the first failed siege, the Arabs returned with 80,000 men and 1,800 ships. Leo III outsmarted the besiegers at every turn and induced the Bulgarians — traditional enemies of the empire — to deliver the killing blow. Fewer than half the Arab invaders made it back to Damascus, and of 1,800 ships only five survived Greek fire and winter storms.
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