1071 ⟶ Byzantine Defeat at Manzikert
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🛡️ Byzantine Victory at the Battle of Akroinon
Battle of Akroinon. Byzantines win their first large-scale victory in a pitched battle against the Arabs.⟶

Byzantine EmpireArab CaliphateMilitary HistoryBattleMilitary StrategyConflictDefense

⚔️ Byzantine Defeat at Manzikert
Defeat of the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert by the Seljuk army of Alp Arslan, ending three centuries of a Byzantine military and economic Golden Age.⟶

Byzantine EmpireSeljuk EmpireBattleMilitary DefeatMedieval WarfareExpansionismPolitical InstabilityCrusades


⚔️ Nikephoros III's Rebellion Against Michael VII
the revolt of Nikephoros III against Byzantine ruler Michael VII⟶

Byzantine EmpireCivil WarMilitary HistoryRebellionEmperorPolitical Instability

🛡️ First Crusade: Siege of Nicaea
the Siege of Nicaea during the First Crusade⟶

CrusadesByzantine EmpireSeljuk TurksHoly LandMilitary HistoryMedieval WarfareSiegeReligious Conflict

⚔️ Byzantine Defeat at the Battle of Myriokephalon
On September 17, The Battle of Myriokephalon (Myriocephalum; Turkish: Miryakefalon Savaşı) is fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in Phrygia. It is a serious reversal for the Byzantine forces and will be the final, unsuccessful, effort by the Byzantines to recover the interior of Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.⟶

Byzantine EmpireSeljuk TurksBattleMilitary HistoryMedieval WarfareDecline
