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Byzantine Recovery of Pamphylia

Type Event Region Pamphylia Time 1121–1125

In the 1120s, Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos launched a series of counteroffensives against the Seljuk Turks in western Asia Minor, gradually res…

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  1. 1119Laodicea · PhrygiaJohn II and the grand domestic Axouch besieged and recovered Laodicea, held by the Seljuk Turks, routing some seven hundred Turkish defenders and laying the foundation for pushing south along the Pamphylian corridor.
  2. 1120Sozopolis · PisidiaUsing a tactic of luring the enemy out of the city and seizing it with an ambush force, the Byzantine army captured Sozopolis and controlled the key route to Attalia; Heraclea Coryphitis and many towns and fortresses around Attalia then surrendered in succession.
  3. 1121–1125Attalia · PamphyliaThrough the 1120s the empire steadily consolidated the southern coastal defenses of Pamphylia, restoring sea and land links via Attalia to Cilicia and the Eastern Mediterranean, making the port once again a strategic hub of the empire's southern front.

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