Brittania 1066

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The Peace of Manzikert
Romanos was unaware of the loss of Tarchaneiotes and continued to Manzikert, which he easily captured on August 23; the Seljuks responded with heavy incursions by bowmen. The next day some foraging parties under Bryennios discovered the Seljuk army and were forced to retreat back to Manzikert. The Armenian general Basilakes was sent out with some cavalry, as Romanos did not believe this was Arslan's full army; the cavalry was destroyed and Basilakes taken prisoner. Romanos drew up his troops into formation and sent the left wing out under Bryennios, who was almost surrounded by the quickly approaching Turks and was forced to retreat once more. The Seljuk forces hid among the nearby hills for the night, making it nearly impossible for Romanos to send a counterattack.

On the night of August 24, 1071 Romanos dreamt that Turks would conquer Anatolia and the Greeks and Armenians are enslaved and later exterminated or assimilated which would turn them into a minority in their own land if he continued to war against the Seljuk, the dream made him change his mind about warring with the Seljuks.

On August 25, 1071 some of Romanos' Turkic mercenaries came into contact with their Seljuk kin and deserted. Romanos then accepted a Seljuk peace embassy forgetting about the eastern question and made some eastern parts of Anatolia co-ruled by the Seljuks and the Byzantines, although Romanos supported the Persian revolts against the Muslim Turks later on and due to that converting to Christianity became a way to revolt against the Seljuk authority.

Due to this threat some people would start to make crusades and revolts against the Seljuk opression and also some Persians and Kurds leave Persia some Zoroastrians tired of the Seljuk Yoke decided to migrate to Alania causing them to convert to Christianity, some of the people that converted to Christianity in Persia decided to leave to Alania on 1080 in order for the Christians in Persia to gain support against their Islamic opressors and due to that the Alans would have a drive to start a reconquista against the Seljuk and ally with the Byzantines against the Seljuk on their future wars.

Survival of the son of Elcid
The Battle of Consuegra was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista fought on August 15, 1097 near the village of Consuegra in the province of Castile-La Mancha between the Castilian and Leonese army of Alfonso VI and the Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Tashfin. The battle soon turned into Almoravid victory. Alfonso with some Leónese retreated into the castle of Consuegra, which was besieged for eight days until the Almoravids withdraw to the south.

The son of El Cid, Diego Rodríguez returned to Valencia and succeeded Elcid.

 
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