무아위야의 해군창설과 비잔티움의 대응 문제점

The naval organization of Muāwiyah and problems of confrontation policy of the Byzantine

Muāwiyah, the Arabs' energetic governor of Syria, made the ship-building. His fleet raided Cyprus, Rhodes and Cos. The question arises, why Constans II had waited fourteen years after his accession, until the year 655, before taking any action at all against his enemy. The answer can be given : he needed time to prepare his forces. But for Constans II there was another requirement too. The ill feeling engendered by the monothelite controversy and the intrigues of Martina had left Constantinople dangerously split. It was of the first importance that he should somehow re-establish ― at least so far as he could ― religious and political unity. So Constans II had eight policies to cope with the new situation. These policies had problems in each policy. But in the longer run, they played an important role to reconstruct and to strengthen Byzantine Empire.