siege of jerusalem

During First Crusade's first fight the siege of Nicaea Byzantine Emperor Alexios I made the city surrender to him separately from the Crusades. This alienated them from him. That distrust led the Crusaders into a separate path of not helping Byzantium. Eventually when Alexios refused to relieve...

During the Great Jewish Revolt, when the Roman army arrived at Jerusalem, Titus personally scouted ahead with some cavalry to survey the defenses. The defenders saw this and poured out of the gate and scattered the Roman cavalry, leaving Titus, without any armor on, to personally lead the fight...