Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Crusaders' Comeback: Capturing Nicaea and Dorylaion

Despite the Crusaders' tendencies to r*pe and pillage as they crossed Europe and the Empire's territory under Alexios' command they were able to recapture Nicaea in June and then claimed victory in July at Dorylaion The army then split with the main body headed to Antioch in Syria which was well fortified and too big to surround fully.

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