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*662 [[w:Parthenon#Christian_church|Parthenon]] in Athens rededicated in honour of the [[Theotokos|Mother of God]] as "Panagia Atheniotissa" (Panagia of Athens), becoming the fourth most important pilgrimage site in the Eastern Roman Empire after Constantinople, Ephesus and Thessalonica;<ref name=Kaldelis>Anthony Kaldellis Associate Professor (Department of Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University), [http://www.lsa.umich.edu/UMICH/modgreek/Home/_TOPNAV_WTGC/Lectures%20at%20U-M/ParthenonKaldellis.pdf ''A Heretical (Orthodox) History of the Parthenon''], p.3</ref> death of [[Maximus the Confessor]].
*669-78 [[w:Siege of Constantinople (674)|First Arab siege of Constantinople]]; at [[w:Battle of Syllaeum|Battle of Syllaeum]] Arab fleet destroyed by Byzantines through use of [[w:Greek Fire|Greek Fire]], ending immediate Arab threat to eastern Europe.
*680-681 [[Sixth Ecumenical Council]] held in Constantinople, condemning [[Monothelitism]] and affirming [[Christology]] of [[Maximus the Confessor]], affirming that Christ has both a human will and a divine will; Patr. [[Sergius I of Constantinople]] and Pope [[Honorius I of Rome]] are both explicitly [[anathema]]tized for their support of [[Monothelitism]].
*685 First monastics come to [[Mount Athos]]; emperor Justinian II is the first emperor to have the figure of the [[Lord]] [[Jesus Christ]] stamped on a coin.
*688 Emperor [[Justinian II]] and Caliph [[w:Abd al-Malik|al-Malik]] sign treaty neutralizing Cyprus.