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| rdfs:label | - Battle of Manzikert (Fidem Pacis)
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| rdfs:comment | - By the 11th century the Roman Empire was corrupt, decaying and on the brink of collapse. It had recently bankrupted itself and decimated its armies trying to reconquer the Balkans from the Bulgars, and still it was under immense pressure from powerful neighbours. At the same time the ambitious aristocracy were competing for power, and shortly before Manzikert several claimants to the purple had fought a bloody civil war for the throne.
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| side | - Roman Empire
- Arab and Armenian mercenaries
- Seljuq Turks
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| Commanders | - Artuk
- Andronikos Doukas
- Nikephoros Bryennios
- Afshin
- Alp Arslan
- Michael IV
- Suleiman Shah
- Theodore Alyates
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| abstract | - By the 11th century the Roman Empire was corrupt, decaying and on the brink of collapse. It had recently bankrupted itself and decimated its armies trying to reconquer the Balkans from the Bulgars, and still it was under immense pressure from powerful neighbours. At the same time the ambitious aristocracy were competing for power, and shortly before Manzikert several claimants to the purple had fought a bloody civil war for the throne. Meanwhile, the Seljuq clans had been expanding out from the original Turkic homeland in central Asia. In 1040 they defeated the Bagratids at the Battle of Dandanaqan, but suffered such heavy casualties in the process that they did not make any attempt at ruling the area. Instead the Seljuqs moved on, laden with plunder, in search of easier pickings - which Rome seemed to be ideally placed to provide.
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