Battle of Roncevaux Pass

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Which happened first?

• Battle of Roncevaux Pass happened 6 years after Saxon Wars
• Battle of Roncevaux Pass happened 28 years after Battle of the Zab
• Battle of Roncevaux Pass happened 32 years after Abbasid Revolution
• Battle of Roncevaux Pass happened 33 years before Battle of Pliska
• Battle of Roncevaux Pass happened 38 years after Battle of Akroinon

Timeline

1. Battle of AkroinonAD 740
2. Abbasid RevolutionJune 9, AD 746 – July AD 750
3. Battle of the ZabJanuary 25, AD 750
4. Saxon Wars772–804
5. Battle of Roncevaux Pass (this page)August 15, AD 778
6. Battle of PliskaJuly 26, AD 811

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