Siege of Nicaea (1113)

Siege of Nicaea

Date	1113
Location	Nicaea, Asia Minor
Result	Byzantine victory^[1]

Belligerents

Byzantine Empire

Sultanate of Rum

Strength

Unknown

Byzantine–Seljuq wars

Kapetron 1st Manzikert Caesarea Iconium 2nd Manzikert Seljuq campaigns in the Aegean 1st Nicaea 2nd Nicaea Philomelion Campaigns of John I Komnenos Myriokephalon Hyelion and Leimocheir 1st Trebizond Attalia Antioch on the Meander Sinope 2nd Trebizond

The Siege of Nicaea of 1113 occurred in the course of the Byzantine-Seljuk wars.

Following the success of the First Crusade and the failure of the Crusade of 1101, the Turks resumed their offensive operations against the Byzantines. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, suffering from old age was unable to deal with the swift Turkish raids into what was left of Byzantine Anatolia. However, the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was finally brought to battle when it unsuccessfully laid siege to Nicaea.

References

Norwich, John Julius (1997). A Short History of Byzantium. New York: Vintage Books.

Notes

↑ Norwich, John Julius (1997). A Short History of Byzantium. New York: Vintage Books. p. 264.

Coordinates: 40°35′00″N 30°08′00″E / 40.5833°N 30.1333°E / 40.5833; 30.1333

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