A Year 

nothing happened.  One historian gets close and the other gets it on the money but both require a calculation.  Norwich in his book “Byzantium” has “The ensuing strife continued until 661, when Ali’s own assassination left Muawiya supreme.  For the next five years the Muslim world would be in ferment – and Byzantium could breath again.”  Gibbon gets close with 668 but his account turns out to be more interesting.  We shall see.    

Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
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