Battle of Philomelion

1116

Byzantine Emperor Alexios I, in his sixties, led one last campaign into central Anatolia and defeated a Seljuk army under Sultan Malik Shah. The victory halted Turkish raids briefly but the underlying balance remained unchanged. Alexios returned to Constantinople in triumph. It was the old emperor's final campaign; within two years he would be dead, leaving the empire to his son John II and the chronic problem of Anatolia unsolved.