Dorylaeum, Battle of

Dorylaeum, Battle of
(July 1, 1097) Battle in which a combined force of crusaders and Byzantines defeated an army of Seljuq Turks in Anatolia.

The crusaders later captured Antioch. See also Crusades.

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