Battle of Levounion

Battle of Levounion
Part of the Komnenian restoration

Painting of Alexios I, from a Greek manuscript in the Vatican library
DateApril 29, 1091
Location
Levounion (near Enos, modern European Turkey)
Result Byzantine-Cumanian victory
Belligerents
Byzantines, supported by Cumans, Vlachs, Bulgarians and Frankish and Flemish mercenaries[1] Pechenegs
Commanders and leaders
Alexios I Komnenos
George Palaiologos
Constantine Dalassenos
Unknown
Strength
20,000 Byzantines
40,000 Cumans
5,000 Vlachs
500 Flemish mercenaries
80,000 Pechenegs
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown, but thought to be extremely heavy

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

  1. ^ John W. Birkenmeier. The Development of the Komnenian Army: 1081–1180 , p. 76, Brill Academic Publishers, 2002, ISBN 90-04-11710-5.