Talk:Siege of Antioch (1084)
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[edit] Ahem..
- Basil I did not capture Antioch in the 9th century, it was taken by one of Nicephorus Phocas's generals in the 10th.
- The city wasn't handed back to the Byzantines.It remained to it's Norman princes who only nominally recognized the suzerainty of the Emperor.
- The date of the siege certainly wasn't from 1064 to 1204 and the commander of the Byzantine garrison wasn't the Emperor..
And this article has been like this for over a month..... "reliable" encyclopedia my *ss..... --Padem 09:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- Wow, calm down. First, I made it, so that says something about the qulaity of the article (if any). Secondly, the Byzantine emperor was not the commander in the defence of Antioch, any more than Churchill was commander of the Battle of El Alamein, or Lincoln at the Battle of Gettysburg. Command and control of military forces is always under the nominal control of the head of state, but ofcourse, there is no such true centralization of military command in practice. And if you have any changes to suggest, then change them if no one has objected. Finally the city was eventually handed back, check your history. Tourskin 19:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
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- Besides, as if any encyclopedia has an accurate article on this siege. Tourskin 23:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
