Certainty: 2 Resistance in Hierapolis ended by capture of the akropolis, with the aid of Petros Libellisios
Romanos IV encircled the acropolis at Hierapolis, where some Arabs had barricaded themselves after the capture of the city by the Romans. He besieged them, forcing them to surrender, sending messengers seeking an agreement. He finally took the akropolis with the help of Petros Libellisios of Antioch, who occupied its gates with Russian troops, and Pharasmanes Apokapes. Petros mediated with the emperor to leave the foreign troops unarmed after the siege and capture of Hierapolis. However Romanos' preoccupation inside the city gave an opportunity to Mahmud, the amir of Aleppo, outside