Battle of Anzen
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Anzen or Dazimon was fought on July 22, 838 at Anzen or Dazimon (now Dazman, Turkey) between the Byzantine Empire and the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasids had launched a huge expedition with two separate armies in retaliation for the Byzantine emperor Theophilos`s successes the previous year, and aimed to sack Amorion, one of the Byzantium`s largest cities. Theophilos with his army confronted the smaller army, under General Afshin, at Dazimon. The numerically superior Byzantine army was initially successful, but when Theophilos resolved to lead an attack in person, his absence from his usual post caused panic among the Byzantine troops, who feared that he had been...