battle, medieval
Battle of Larissa
Battle of Larissa was a battle fought in June 1083 at Larissa, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Byzantine–Norman Wars, which ran from 1039 to 1189. The recorded result: Byzantine–Seljuk victory.
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Where it sits in the Byzantine–Norman Wars
Record
| Date | June 1083 (month precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Larissa, Greece 39.635N, 22.417E | |
| Kind | Battle, medieval | |
| Strength | 15,0007,000 Seljuk Turks | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Callinicus 171 BC, 0.4 km SE
- Siege of Larissa AD 977, 0.5 km NW
- Battle of Crannon 322 BC, 14 km SW
- Battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC, 27 km SE
- Battle of Tempe Gorge 1941, 30 km NE
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 171 BC and 1083.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Dyrrhachium 18 October 1081
- After: Siege of Dyrrhachium October 1107
- All 9 engagements of Byzantine–Norman Wars
Elsewhere in 1083
- Siege of Saint-Suzanne France
Battle of Larissa is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q30693443, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Larissa, revision 1373867756, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.