Byzantine and Islamic Warfare 527-1071
by
Brian Todd Carey, Joshua B Allfree, John Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmaneuvered by the Turkish sultan, Alp Arslan, Romanus was forced to give battle with only half his troops near Manzikert....