Petronas

…met by the Byzantine general Petronas and a large army near Poson, west of the Halys River (now Kızıl River). A fierce engagement took place on September 3, in which the Arab army was surrounded and annihilated and in which ʿUmar himself was killed. Petronas’ victory marked a turning point…

…Arabs by Michael III’s general Petronas in 856. From 863 the initiative lay with the Byzantines. The struggle with the Arabs, which had long been a struggle for survival, became a mounting offensive that reached its brilliant climax in the 10th century. By 867 a well-defined boundary existed between the…