On another, the army's second in command leads a treacherous conspiracy against the commanding general. One day a band of mercenaries deserts the Byzantines. The Byzantine army is wracked by treachery and deceit from within. But an unlikely turn of events has greatly improved the Turks' chances for victory. The Byzantines are the heirs of Rome, and their armored cataphracts and legions of disciplined swordsmen can smash aside the light armored Turkish horse archers - provided they can catch them. Thousands of Seljuk Turks stream across the barrens of Anatolia to converge on the walled city of Manzikert, which was recently recaptured by the Byzantium army. Minarets of dust twist upwards as horse hooves strike the fractured earth.
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