Battle of Manzikert (1054)

Date	1054
Location	Anatolia, in the thema of Iberia and Armenia
Result	Byzantine victory

Belligerents

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

v • d • e Byzantine-Seljuk wars

Kapetrou – 1st Manzikert – Caesarea – Iconium – 2nd Manzikert – 1st Nicaea – Antioch – Levounion – Seljuk Campaigns in the Aegean – 2nd Nicaea – 3rd Nicaea – Philomelion – Campaigns of John I Komnenos – Myriokephalon – Hyelion and Leimocheir – Cotyaeum – Trebizond – Antalya – 2nd Meander Valley

The Battle of Manzikert in 1054 was a successful defense of the city of Manzikert by Byzantine forces under Basil Apocapes against the Seljuk Turks led by Toğrül. Seventeen years later, the Turks would experience greater success against Romanus Diogenes under Alp Arslan at the same place.