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People: Benedetto Antelami
Topic: Iconium, Battle of
Location: Mut Icel Turkey

Iconium, Battle of

Years: 1190 - 1190

The Battle of Iconium (sometimes referred as the Battle of Konya) takes place on May 18, 1190 during the Third Crusade, in the expedition of Frederick Barbarossa to the Holy Land.

As a result, the capital city of the Sultanate of Rûm falls to the Imperial forces.

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”

― Aldous Huxley, in Collected Essays (1959)