Siege

Fall of Philadelphia

1378 – 1390 · 38.35° N, 28.52° E

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1378 – 1390
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Siege
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38.35° N, 28.52° E
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1378 siege

Fall of Philadelphia

Siege in Asia Minor (c. 1378–1390)

The Fall of Philadelphia in 1390 marked the conquest of the last independent Byzantine city in Asia Minor by the Ottoman Empire. The city was subjected to a siege by the Ottoman forces, which included a Byzantine contingent led by Manuel II Palaiologos and John VII, who were political hostages of Sultan Bayezid I.

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