It explores the author's perspective and his portrayal of events. The Siege of Nicaea: This section recounts the first major military victory of the crusade, the capture of Nicaea. It highlights the conflict between the crusaders and the Byzantine Empire and the challenges of coordinating a ...
had been destroyed or dispersed in the fateful battles of Granikos, at Issos, and near Guagamela, the Persian Empire, which in its day had comprised by far the vastest and wealthiest parts of the ancient world, law in fragments unmourned by its several nationalities...