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The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.
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Battle of Azaz (1030)
Battle of the Arab–Byzantine wars
The Battle of Azaz was an engagement fought in August 1030 near the Syrian town of Azaz between the Byzantine army, led by Emperor Romanos III Argyros in person, and the forces of the Mirdasid Emirate of Aleppo, likewise under the personal command of Emir Shibl al-Dawla Nasr.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Romanos III Argyros
Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034
Romanos III Argyros, or Argyropoulos, was Byzantine Emperor from 1028 until his death in 1034. He was a Byzantine noble and senior official in Constantinople when the dying Constantine VIII forced him to divorce his wife and marry the emperor's daughter, Zoë. Upon Constantine's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Emirate of Aleppo dynasty from 1024 to 1080
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