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Year 718 (DCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 718th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 718th year of the 1st millennium, the 18th year of the 8th century, and the 9th year of the 710s decade. The denomination 718 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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== Byzantine Empire ==

  • Spring – A Muslim supply fleet of 760 ships under Sufyan arrives from Egypt and North Africa, concealing itself along the Asiatic shore. The Byzantines learn of the fleet's location from defecting Christian Egyptian sailors. Emperor Leo III sends the Byzantine navy again; his Greek fire ships destroy the enemy vessels in the Sea of Marmara and seize their supplies on shore, denying the sieging army vital provisions.John Cairns, "Road to Manzikert" (2012). Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery (Chapter 3), p. 70. {{ISBN|978-1-84884-215-1}} On land the Byzantine troops ambush an advancing Arab army, and destroy it in the hills around Sophon, south of Nicomedia (modern Turkey).{{cite journal | first=Rodolphe | last=Guilland | author-link=Rodolphe Guilland | title=L'Expedition de Maslama contre Constantinople (717–718) | journal=Études byzantines | year=1959 | language=fr | publisher=Publications de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Paris | location=Paris | oclc=603552986|page=122}}{{cite book | last1=Mango | first1=Cyril | author1-link=Cyril Mango | last2=Scott | first2=Roger | title=The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor. Byzantine and Near Eastern History, AD 284–813 | location=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1997 | isbn=0-19-822568-7|page=546}}{{cite book | last=Lilie | first=Ralph-Johannes | authorlink = Ralph-Johannes Lilie | title=Die byzantinische Reaktion auf die Ausbreitung der Araber. Studien zur Strukturwandlung des byzantinischen Staates im 7. und 8. Jhd. | language=de | location=Munich | publisher=Institut für Byzantinistik und Neugriechische Philologie der Universität München | year=1976 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mUbAAAAYAAJ |pages=130–131}}{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society|page=348}} The Arab besiegers are still suffering from hunger and pestilence.
  • August 15 – Siege of Constantinople: A Bulgar relief force attacks the siege lines at Constantinople, on the west side of the Bosporus. Contemporary chroniclers report that at least 22,000–32,000 Arabs are killed during the Bulgarian attacks. Caliph Umar II is forced to lift the siege after 13 months; the Muslim army attempts to withdraw back through Anatolia, while the rest escapes by sea in the remaining vessels. The Arab fleet suffers further casualties to storms, and an eruption of the volcano of Thera.{{A History of the Byzantine State and Society|pages= 347–349}} According to Arab sources 150,000 Muslims perish during the campaign.{{cite book | first = John F. | last = Haldon | title = Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture. Revised Edition | year = 1990 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | isbn = 978-0-521-31917-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSHmT1G_5T0C |page=83}}

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