Careful siege of Zeugminon by Manuel, balancing maintenance of siege with defence against relief force
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
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1165
old woman in Zeugminon (
Anonyma 17019
)
She bared her buttocks to insult the Byzantine attackers of Zeugminon but was later found with an arrow through them (:)
Kinnamos 246.2-10
Byzantine archer at Zeugminon (
Anonymus 17065
)
Firing accurately in the siege of Zeugminon, he is said to have been protected by
Manuel 1
with his shield (:)
Kinnamos 245.2-5
Byzantine archer at Zeugminon (
Anonymus 17066
)
Was captured by the Hungarians at Zeugminon and, since he was a good archer, was set to shoot at his comrades; but he deliberately missed; at the capture of the city he was found in a windowless dungeon (:)
Kinnamos 246.11-17
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Was warned by Roman scouts and
Vasas 17001
of the approach of
Stephanos 53
, with Cumans, Russians and the king of the Czechs (
Vladislav 17001
) with all his forces; called a council to discuss how to act (:)
Σκύθην ὁμοῦ καὶ Ταυροσκύθην ἄγοντα στρατόν Kinnamos 242.11-20
His speech at the council urged careful thought; when opinions were divided over aggressive or defensive strategies, he persuaded the Byzantines to face the approaching army while maintaining the siege with weaker troops (:)
Kinnamos 242.20-244.7
Before facing the approaching force, a new attack on the walls with missiles and undermining made progress; he protected an archer (
Anonymus 17065
) with his shield (:)
Kinnamos 244.7-245.5
Studied Zeugminon all around, decided where to attack and filled in the large ditches with brushwood, as there was no stone, for the passage of siege-engines; but the morale of the Hungarian defenders remained high (:)
Kinnamos 242.2-10
When he reached Zeugminon, its defenders all rushed inside; later, when a wooden siege-tower approached the walls, he (
Ioannes 17001
Kinnamos is a witness), demanded to go up first but his commanders strongly forbade it (:)
Kinnamos 241.6-242.2
István III, king of Hungary (
Stephanos 53
)
Was reported to be approaching Zeugminon with an army of Cumans, Russians and the king of the Czechs (
Vladislav 17001
) with all his forces (:)
Σκύθην ὁμοῦ καὶ Ταυροσκύθην ἄγοντα στρατόν Kinnamos 242.11-18
Vasas, Hungarian nobleman (
Vasas 17001
)
When Byzantine scouts reported the approach of an army, he said it was
Stephanos 53
with a large army including Cumans, Russians and the king of the Czechs (
Vladislav 17001
) with full forces (:)
Kinnamos 242.11-18
Vladislav II, king of the Czechs (Bohemia) (
Vladislav 17001
)
Was reported to be approaching Zeugminon with all his forces again in the army of
Stephanos 53
(:)
Kinnamos 242.17-18