Battle of Anzen
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battle-of-anzen-184-6199393
title:
Battle of Anzen
text:
The Battle of Anzen or Dazimon was fought on 22 July 838 at Anzen or Dazimon between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasids had launched a massive expedition with two separate armies in retaliation for the Byzantine emperor Theophilos's successes the previous year, and aimed to sack Amorion, one of Byzantium's largest cities. Theophilos with his army confronted the smaller Muslim army, under the Iranian vassal prince Afshin, at Dazimon. The numerically superio
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description:
838 battle of the Arab-Byzantine wars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzen
date created:
2005-11-20T20:30:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:38:51Z
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