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Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

1091 battle of the Komnenian Restoration
🗓️ 29 April 1091

The Battle of Levounion was the first decisive Byzantine victory of the Komnenian restoration. On 29 April 1091, an invading force of Pechenegs was crushed by the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire under Alexios I Komnenos and his Cuman allies.

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