Victorious Turks did not enter Tauros, but went off to sack Ikonion
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ROMANOS IV (1068-1071)
1069: Second campaign of Romanos IV against Turks
1069
Summary:
The defeat of Philaretos Brachamios by the Turks did not lead to renewed pressure on Romanos IV, but to a raid into Cappadocia which destroyed the populous and flourishing city of Ikonion, killing the doux of Anatolikon, Nikephoros Antiochos
Dates:
1069
Nikephoros Antiochos, strategos of Anatolikon (
Nikephoros 142
)
Was killed by the Turks when they captured Ikonion and all its inhabitants
καὶ ἐφονεύσαν Νικηφόρον Kleinchroniken 53.3
Philaretos Brachamios (
Philaretos 101
)
After the defeat of his troops at Anthiai, their dispersal and arrival at the emperor's camp at Keltzene, and the subsequent pillage of Ikonion by the enemy, he was put to trial by
Romanos 4
who nevertheless took no measures against anyone (:)
Καὶ κρίσιν δὲ μεταξὺ τοῦ τε ἡγεμόνος καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ καθίσας οὐδενὶ μέρει τὴν νικῶσαν ἀπέδοτο Skylitzes Continuatus 137.24-27
Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (
Romanos 4
)
Was put to flight several times by the Turks who captured Ikonion (in 6577:τὸ δὲ ,ςφοζ ´)
καὶ ἔτρεψαν αὐτὸν δὶς καὶ τρίς Kleinchroniken 53.3
When Philaretos' flight came to his knowledge it made him angry, but the enemy, having turned their onslaught against Cappadocia, were ravaging it and making for Ikonion, which had an abundant population and prospered with all that seems good (:)
Zonaras 18.12.5