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  • Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir
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  • The Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir saw the almost complete destruction by the Byzantines, in an ambush at a river crossing, of a large Seljuq Turk army which had been raiding the Maeander Valley in Anatolia and had sacked a number of Byzantine cities.
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Strength
  • 20000
  • Unknown
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Date
  • 1177
Commander
Casualties
  • Unknown
Result
  • Byzantine victory
combatant
Place
  • Hyelion, Meander Valley, Asia Minor
Conflict
  • Byzantine-Seljuk wars
abstract
  • The Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir saw the almost complete destruction by the Byzantines, in an ambush at a river crossing, of a large Seljuq Turk army which had been raiding the Maeander Valley in Anatolia and had sacked a number of Byzantine cities.