The Battle of Antioch on the Meander was a military engagement near Antioch-on-the-Meander between the forces of the Empire of Nicaea and the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The Turkish defeat ensured contin
Theodore I Laskaris (r. 1205–1222), 15th-century manuscript.
Empire of Nicaea
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The Empire of Nicaea, also known as the Nicene Empire, was the largest of the three Greek rump states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled when Constantinople was occupied by W
Battle of Antioch on the Meander
…Battle of Antioch on the Meander (also known as the Battle of Alaşehir) was a military engagement near Antioch-on-the-Meander between the forces of the Empire of Nicaea and the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. The Turkish defeat ensured continued Nicaean hegemony of the Aegean coast of Asia Minor. The Seljuk sultan, Kaykhusraw…
Nicaea city wall, Lefke gate; Iznik, Turkey
Coin issued by Michael VIII Palaiologos to celebrate the liberation of Constantinople from the Latin army, and the restoration of the Byzantine Empire.