Chouroup repelled a Sicilian raid: 40 ships reached the Bosphoros but were beaten off
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1149
Summary:
Roger II sent a fleet to attack Constantinople against impossible odds. After being beaten off, many ships fell into a Byzantine trap and were sunk, with their crews drowned or captured
Dates:
1149
Chouroup, commander under Manuel I (
Chouroup 17001
)
Sent by the emperor
Manuel 1
against diversionary raid by Sicilian fleet, he defeated most of it: but 40 ships got through for an ineffectual raid on Constantinople, and were beaten off from Damalis (:)
Kinnamos 98.19-101.11
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Roger 17001
sent his fleet for a crazy attempt on Constantinople, but it was quite inadequate for the attack; they were easily beaten off by the Theotokos, then the Byzantine fleet trapped them, and many were captured and drowned (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXX.120-175
Sent
Chouroup 17001
against a diversionary Sicilian raid; pressing the attack on Kerkyra with siege-ladders despite the losses, he captured the city but not its citadel; he was stopped from repeating a 16-year-oldÂ’'s bravado, but won the praise of his wife
Eirene 66
(:)
Kinnamos 98.19-100.3
Roger II, king of Sicily (
Roger 17001
)
He had sent his fleet on a hopeless raid to Constantinople, from which they were beaten off and many later sunk or captured (:)
Prodromos, Historische Gedichte XXX.120-229
Hearing that the emperor
Manuel 1
was delayed in Kerkyra, he sent the Sicilian fleet to create a diversion and force him to abandon the siege (:)
Kinnamos 98.15-19