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Battle of Nicomedia |
year: 1331-1337 |
| The Turks took the last important Byzantine city in North Asia Minor | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Ottoman Turks
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location: Near Nicomedia, modern Izmit in northwestern Minor Asia at the Marmara sea
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battle type: City Capture |
war: Byzantine-Ottoman Wars |
modern country:
Turkey |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: Andronikos III Palaiologos) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Unknown | Sultan Orhan I |
| Forces: | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Background story: |
| By 1326, lands around Nicaea had fallen into the hands of the Ottomans. He had also captured the city of Bursa, establishing a capital close to the Byzantine capital of Constantinople. In 1328, Sultan Orkhan began the siege of Nicaea. In 1329, emperor Andronikos III attempted to break the siege. He led a relief force to drive the Ottomans away from both Nicomedia and Nicaea. After some minor successes, however, the force suffered a defeat at Pelekanon and withdrew. That was the last presence of the Byzantine army in Asia Minor. |
The Battle: |
 The Byzantine emperor attempted to bribe the Ottoman leader Orhan, without results. He was not in position to send military aid either. In 1337, Nicomedia was attacked and fell to the Ottomans. |
Aftermath: |
| The Byzantine empire never recovered from the losses of this period. The last Asian stronghold was now Philadelphia. |
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