Battle of Andrassos

When

13 Nov 960

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

37.00° N, 33.00° E

Description

8 November 960 engagement fought in an unidentified mountain pass on the Taurus Mountains

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

960 battle between Byzantium and Aleppo

The Battle of Andrassos or Adrassos was fought on 8 November 960 between the Byzantines, led by Leo Phokas the Younger, and the forces of the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo under the emir Sayf al-Dawla. It was fought in an unidentified mountain pass in the Taurus Mountains.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Andrassos: The Byzantines under Leo Phokas the Younger defeat the Hamdanid army (30,000 men) in an ambush in the passages of the Cilician mountains”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Andrassos im Taurusgebirge besiegt Leo Phokas der Jüngere mit dem byzantinischen Heer die Truppen des in Kleinasien eingefallenen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Андрасосе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Andrassos (Montes Tauro, actual Turquía) entre el Imperio Romano Oriental y el Emirato Hamdánido”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page