He moved from Thrace to pillage Dorylaion, then used imperial trumpets from hilltops to strike terror
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1143-1160)
1159
Summary:
Dates:
1159 Winter
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
In mid-winter he crossed the Hellespont, went to Dorylaion and successfully pillaged the area; when the Turks appeared he left the army, climbed to a mountain-top and played imperial trumpets loudly to inspire terror (Around the winter solstice:ἄμφι τροπὰς ἤδη χειμερινάς)
Kinnamos 191.6-192.3
The trumpets from the mountain-top terrified the surrounding Turks who feared him as thunderbolt, in a way reminiscent of Phokas or Tzimiskes, according to
Ioannes 17001
, who was later surrounded with him in battle (:)
Kinnamos 191.21-193.1