The Battle of Amioun was a battle which took place in 694^[1] between Byzantine troops and Monothelite christian heretics. Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... Events November 9 - Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Monothelitism (a Greek loanword meaning one will) is a particular teaching about how the divine and human relate in the person of Jesus, known as a Christological doctrine. ... Heresy, as a blanket term, describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox. ...

What the Lebanese researcher in historical and political studies Chedid Al Azar mentioned about the battle of Amioun.' _{Authentic version in Arabic. Translated to English on May 2007.}

The historical site of the clash in 694 A.D.

The town of Amyun (Amioun), in the history of our land is associated with the history of the land, irrespective of the boundaries and borders amidst the historical and geographical, environment of the land.... Amioun (Arabic: , Transliteration: Am yūn) is the capital of the Koura district in the North Governorate of Lebanon. ...

Site of a revenge action, 350 Kms far fromthe event after 180 years: Although we are not trying to deal in warfare, a unique battle we shall mention for the impact it has left, this is the battle of south East Amyun, in the year 694, precipitated by mountain dwellers of Maronite Christian faith, as a revenge against the army of Justinian II of Byzantium, for the destruction of a monastery sheltering 350, monks adherents of Marūn, in northern Syria, near Apamea (Afamiyaħ), 350 kms from Amyun. The battle was fought by a group of Marūn adherents who had sought refuge formerly in the mountains facing Amyun, from the east and made a surprise attack, under the leadership of Yuhanna Marūn, against a contingent of the Byzantine army, which was defeated and the Marūn adherents returned back to their mountainous sites, to stay in a state of isolation, which marked and stamped the history of the Maronites as dwellers of the mountains of Lebanon, by isolationism, that persisted among the mountainous adherents up to our present days and had touched their performances and deliberations in modern Lebanon. Amioun (Arabic: , Transliteration: Am yÅ«n) is the capital of the Koura district in the North Governorate of Lebanon. ... Events November 9 - Hispano-Visigothic king Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems, and sentences all Jews to slavery. ... Justinian II, known as Rhinotmetus (the Split-nosed) (669-711) was a Byzantine emperor of the Heraclian Dynasty, reigned from 685 to 695 and again from 704 to 711. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Maronites (Marunoye ܡܪܘܢܝܶܐ in Syriac, Mawarinah in Arabic) are members of one of the Eastern Rites of the Catholic church. ...

See also

• Amioun
• Lebanon
• Byzantine Empire
• Monothelitism
• Maronite Church
• List of battles (geographic)#Lebanon

Amioun in Arabic: is most probably transliterated from the original Am yūn. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Monothelitism (a Greek loanword meaning one will) is a particular teaching about how the divine and human relate in the person of Jesus, known as a Christological doctrine. ... Maronites (Arabic: , transliteration: , Syriac: ܡܪܘܢܝܐ) are members of one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, with a heritage reaching back to Maroun in the early 5th century. ... This list of battles is organized geographically, by country in its present territory. ...

References

Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• History of the Maronites
• Official site of Amioun