1.06 All Roads Lead to Manzikert

In 1071, the Roman Emperor Romanos Diogenes met the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan in battle outside the city of Manzikert. The result of the conflict would shape the history of the Anatolian peninsula to the present day. As always, maps and sources available at https://historyoftheoutremer.wordpress.com/ (historyoftheoutremer.wordpress.com )and new episodes every other week.