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In 1071, on the plains of eastern Anatolia, the Byzantine Empire faced a battle it could not afford to lose.
What followed at Manzikert was not just a military defeat, but a political and civilizational collapse that changed the course of medieval history forever.

This video tells the story of the Battle of Manzikert through cinematic narration and illuminated-manuscript–style visuals, focusing on the decisions, betrayals, and miscalculations that shattered Byzantine power from within. From the ambitions of Emperor Romanos IV to the rise of the Seljuk Turks under Alp Arslan, Manzikert reveals how empires rarely fall in a single moment — but begin to unravel when unity is lost.

Explore how one battlefield opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement, triggered decades of civil war, and set the stage for the Crusades.
This is not just a story of armies and arrows — it is the story of how an empire broke itself.

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