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Battle of Neopatras
1270s battle in Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Neopatras was fought in the early 1270s between a Byzantine army besieging the city of Neopatras and the forces of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly. The battle was a rout for the Byzantine army, which was caught by surprise and defeated by a much smaller but more disciplined force.
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Battle of Neopatras | |||||||
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Part of the Byzantine-Latin Wars | |||||||
![]() Map of the Byzantine Empire and the Latin states in southern Greece c. 1278 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Byzantine Empire |
Principality of Thessaly Duchy of Athens | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Palaiologos Alexios Kaballarios † |
John I Doukas John I de la Roche | ||||||
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reportedly ~30,000 | 300–500 |
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