Raid on Caesarea

Raid on Caesarea
	Part of the Byzantine-Seljuk wars
Date	1067
Location	Caesarea
Result	Seljuk victory, Caesarea was conquered by the Seljuk Empire.
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Seljuk Turks
Commanders and leaders
	Alp Arslan; Afshin Bey
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Raid on Caesarea occurred in 1067 when the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan and Afshin Bey attacked Caesarea.^[1] Caesarea was sacked and its Cathedral of St. Basil desecrated.^[2] This provoked Romanos IV Diogenes' first campaign in 1068.^[3]

References

^ Nicolle 2013, p. 16.
^ Harris 2014, p. 39.
^ Lock 2006, p. 15.

Sources

Harris, Jonathan (2014). Byzantium and the Crusades (2 ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1780938318.
Jeffreys, Elizabeth; Haldon, John F.; Cormack, Robin, eds. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199252466.
Lock, Peter (2006). The Routledge Companion to the Crusades. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135131371.
Nicolle, David (2013). Hook, Christa (ed.). Manzikert 1071: The breaking of Byzantium. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1780965031.

[FOOTNOTENicolle201316-1] Nicolle 2013, p. 16.

[FOOTNOTEHarris201439-2] Harris 2014, p. 39.

[FOOTNOTELock200615-3] Lock 2006, p. 15.

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