jan 1, 1071 - Byzantines defeated at the battle of Manzikert.
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Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes rides to Manzikert to battle the Turks. Humiliating defeat, most of Anatolia was lost. Mass influxo of Byzantines to Constantinople.
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