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Great Battles MANZIKERT

“ ARSLAN’S TACTIC THAT DAY CONSISTED OF LURING THE BYZANTINES INTO A GRAND AMBUSH. ONCE HIS MOUNTED BOWMEN HAD WEAKENED THE BYZANTINES, HE PLANNED TO COUNTERATTACK”

01 MEASURED ADVANCE

omanos orders the Byzantine army to advance over the parched, barren, and rocky ground. His

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