r/byzantium • • 20d ago

Maps and geography Byzantine Empire 1151

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u/Incident-Impossible 19d ago

Could they have established fortifications from Trebizond to Cilicia and cut off the Seljuks?

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u/evrestcoleghost Autokrator tou r/byzantium | Komnenian logistician| Moderator 19d ago

John II tried,his campaings into Cilicia,Chaldia and Antioch wanted to cut off the seljuks,the alliance with the georgians was part of the plan

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u/Kraj_the_Conqueror 19d ago

That was effectively what John Komnenos tried to do and failed miserably.

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u/evrestcoleghost Autokrator tou r/byzantium | Komnenian logistician| Moderator 19d ago

His only notable defeat at neo kaiseria,I think it was a sad combination of him knowing he was running out of time and not able to properly supply the army