Defeat of Manuel I at Tziblimane (battle of Myriokephalon)
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MANUEL I (1143-1180) (1161-1180)
1176
Summary:
Dates:
1176 September 17
Kilic Arslan II, Seljuk sultan of Ikonion (
Kilic Arslan 52
)
He would be the main object of the large Byzantine undertaking that season (:)
Kinnamos 299.23-300.7
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (
Manuel 1
)
Was defeated at Tziblimane (battle of Myriokephalon) (on September 17 of the 10th indiction in the year 6685:μηνὶ σεπτεμβρίῳ ιζ ´, ἰνδικτιῶνος ι ´, ἔτους ,ςχπε ´)
γέγονεν ἐν τῷ Τζιβλιμανῇ κατάλυσις τοῦ βασιλέως Kleinchroniken 146.83
When
Kilic Arslan 52
later broke his agreements,
Manuel 1
's punitive expedition, after heavy losses among aristocrats, was only saved from disaster by Manuel's bravery (Myriokephalon foretold by an earthquake) (After many intervening years:μετὰ ... πολλοὺς ἐπιγενομένους χρόνους)
τῶν ἐπὶ δόξης Kinnamos 207.2-8