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Romanos IV reforms the military and entrusts Manuel Comnenus (nephew of Isaac I Comnenus) to lead an expedition against the Seljuks
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Romanos IV reforms the military and entrusts Manuel Comnenus (nephew of Isaac I Comnenus) to lead an expedition against the Seljuks
Romanos is unaware of the loss of Tarchaneiotes and continues to Manzikert, which he easily captures
The Armenian general Basilaces was sent out with some cavalry, as Romanos did not believe this was Arslans full army; the cavalry was destroyed and Basilaces taken prisoner. Romanos draws up his troops into formation and sends the left wing out under Bryennios, who was almost surrounded by the Turks and is forced to retreat once more
Romanos rejects a Seljuk peace embassy as he wanted to settle the Turkish problem with a decisive military victory and understood that raising another army would be both difficult and expensive
The Byzantine army gathers itself into a proper Battle formation and marches on the Turkish positions, with the left wing under Bryennios, the right wing under Theodore Alyates, and the centre under the Emperor
The Byzantine army gathers itself into a battle formation and marches on the Turkish positions with the left wing under Bryennios the right wing under Theodore Alyates and the centre under the Emperor
The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert and the capture of the Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes undermines Byzantine control Anatolia and Armenia and allows for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia
Doukas escapes from the Battle of Manzikert and marches back to Constantinople where he leads a coup against Romanos and proclaimed Michael VII as basileus
The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert undermines Byzantine control of Anatolia and Armenia and allows for the gradual Turkification of Anatolia
The fallout from Manzikert was disastrous for the Byzantines, resulting in civil conflicts and an economic crisis that severely weakened the Byzantine Empire's ability to adequately defend its borders
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