Siege of Nicaea (1113)

Coordinates: 40°35′00″N 30°08′00″E / 40.5833°N 30.1333°E / 40.5833; 30.1333
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Siege of Nicaea
Part of the
Asia Minor
(modern-day İznik, Bursa, Turkey
)
Result Byzantine victory[1]
Belligerents Byzantine Empire Sultanate of RumStrength Unknown Unknown

The siege of Nicaea of 1113 occurred in the course of the

Byzantine-Seljuk wars
.

Following the success of the

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was finally brought to battle when it unsuccessfully laid siege to Nicaea
.

References

  • Norwich, John Julius (1997). A Short History of Byzantium. New York: Vintage Books.

Notes

  1. ^ Norwich, John Julius (1997). A Short History of Byzantium. New York: Vintage Books. p. 264.

40°35′00″N 30°08′00″E / 40.5833°N 30.1333°E / 40.5833; 30.1333