907 - Constantinople attacked

Leo the wise, ruled 886-912
England
Edward the elder regained in Chester.
Greece
Helge (Oleg of Novgorod) and his Slav allies plundered the surrounding countryside of Constantinople.
Helge demanded his term for leaving Constantinople that the emperor made a payment to every man in the fleet and to several towns in his territories. The emperor Leo 6 the wise. agreed, and ‘the fleet sailed home with  silk a gold, fruit and wine’ 

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