alp arslan

In OTL, Alp Arslan learned that Romanos was marching on Armenia while he was at Aleppo preparing to march against the Fatimids. We have had several threads talking about Byzantine Victories at Manzikert but, what if Alp Arslan hadn't learned that the Byzantines were marching toward Armenia and...

Romanos IV Diogenes was the co-Emperor of the Byzantine Empire with Michael X Doukas from 1068 to 1071 when he was captured at the battle of Manzikert by Alp Arslan. He was eventually released on the guarantee of a massive ransom of 1.5 million nomismata and another 360,000 annually...