Tis the year of our Lord 1050, the Holy land is in a state of upheavel, as to is Byzantium with constant raids from Muslim tribes, trying to enhance their betterment within their own realms.
We see the Mamluk nation send a large army with one thing as it's intention, conquest and complete domination of the Christian lands, with the ultimate prize,Constantinople Twenty Five years later, the Seljuk Turks of central Asia would be bearing down on Constantinople, Emperor Alexius I would turn to the West for help, resulting in the declaration of “holy war” by Pope Urban II at Clermont, France, that began the First Crusade.
My newly painted 15mm Byzantine get sand in their boots at my new club in Wales
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