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Battle of Pharsalus |
year: 1277late 1277 |
| Victory of the Despotate of Thessaly over the Imperial Byzantine forces | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Greeks of Thessaly
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location: Pharsala, in Thessaly, Central Greece
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battle type: Pitched Battle |
war: Despotate Wars |
modern country:
Greece |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Michael VIII Palaiologos) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | John Synadenos & Michael Kaballarios | Despot John I Doukas of Thessaly |
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| Background story: |
| After his unsuccessful campaign against the despot of Thessaly, around 1274 the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos sent a new army in 1277 under megas stratopedarches John Synadenos and megas kontostavlos Michael Kaballarios. |
The Battle: |
 Synadenos was captured, while Kaballarios died shortly afterwards of his wounds. |
Aftermath: |
| Emperor Michael VIII tried prepared a new invasion in 1282 but he died before the launch of this campaign. John Doukas remained ruler of Thessaly until his death in 1289. Thessaly lasted until 1318. |
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