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==== Byzantine Empire ==== * Emperor [[Constans II]] voluntarily surrenders [[Armenia]] to the [[Arab people|Arabs]], following a truce with [[Muawiyah I|Muawiyah]], governor of [[Syria]]. Muawiyah grants the [[Armenians]] virtual autonomy, and appoints the ''[[nakharar]]'' [[Theodor Rshtuni]] as [[Ostikanate of Arminiya|ruler of Armenia]].<ref>For the terms of this treaty see Kaegi, Walter (1992). "Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 196β197. {{ISBN|05214-8455-3}}</ref> * Muawiyah leads a raid against [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]], taking the scattered pieces of the [[Colossus of Rhodes]] (one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]) and shipping it back to Syria, where he destroys the [[bronze]] scrap to make coins.
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