ENTRY TYPE
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SUMMARY
On November 8, 960 a battle was joined at the narrow passes of Andrasus in Cilicia; the battle was fought between the forces of the domestikos ton Scholon of the West Leo Phokas, and the troops of Sayf ad-Dawlah, emir of Aleppo. The engagement resulted in an overwhelming defeat of the Arabs; the Byzantines annihilated most of the enemy forces, while the emir himself barely managed to escape. |
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