Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare 527-1071

by Brian Todd Carey

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. By the end of that fateful day much of the Byzantine army was dead, the rest scattered in flight and the Emperor himself a captive. As a result, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848842155
• ISBN13: 9781848842151
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.7"