Rus' attack on Constantinople
860 · Event
Two hundred Viking ships appear beneath the walls of Constantinople; the raiders pillage the suburbs and withdraw, announcing the Norse-founded Rus' to the Byzantine world.
On these timelines: The Viking Age, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, Russia & the USSR
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