Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Alexios I Komnenos

Battles of Alexios I Komnenos

Byzantine emperor (1048–1118)

Alexios I Komnenos is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1073 and 1116: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Albania (2), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,677 km apart end to end, 613 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Byzantine–Norman Wars (3), Byzantine–Seljuq Wars (2), Byzantine–Pecheneg wars (1).

Battle of CaesareaSiege of DyrrhachiumBattle of KalavryeBattle of DyrrhachiumBattle of LarissaBattle of LevounionBattle of PhilomelionBattle of KalavryeBattle of DyrrhachiumBattle of LarissaBattle of LevounionBattle of PhilomelionAthensAnkaraSofiaThessalonikiSarajevoİzmirBursaAdanaKonyaSamsun500 km39.841N, 27.472E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1073: 1 engagements1 in 10731078: 1 engagements1 in 10781081: 1 engagements1 in 10811083: 1 engagements1 in 10831091: 1 engagements1 in 10911107: 1 engagements1 in 11071116: 1 engagements1 in 111610731116
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Caesarea, 1073Battle of Kalavrye, 1078Battle of Dyrrhachium, 1081Battle of Larissa, 1083Battle of Levounion, 1091Siege of Dyrrhachium, 1107Battle of Philomelion, 111610731116
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1073Battle of CaesareaCaesarea of Cappadocia, TurkeySeljuk victory
1078Battle of KalavryeYolçatı, Turkey684 km NWImperial victory
18 October 1081Battle of DyrrhachiumDurrës, Albania719 km WNorman victory
June 1083Battle of LarissaLarissa, Greece308 km SEByzantine–Seljuk victory
1091Battle of LevounionEnez, Turkey334 km EByzantine victory
October 1107Siege of DyrrhachiumDurrës, Albania560 km WByzantine victory
1116Battle of PhilomelionPhilomelium, Turkey1,072 km EByzantine victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Alexios1komnenos.jpg: UnknownUnknown derivative work: Constantine ✍, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.