Battle of Levounion

Battle of Levounion
	Part of the Komnenian restoration
	; Painting of Alexios I, from a Greek manuscript in the Vatican library
Date	April 29, 1091
Location	Levounion (near Enos, modern European Turkey)
Result	Byzantine-Cumanian victory
Belligerents
Byzantines, supported by Cumans, Vlachs, Bulgarians and Frankish and Flemish mercenaries	Pechenegs
Commanders and leaders
Alexios I Komnenos; George Palaiologos; Constantine Dalassenos	Unknown
Strength
20,000 Byzantines; 40,000 Cumans; 5,000 Vlachs; 500 Flemish mercenaries	80,000 Pechenegs
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown, but thought to be extremely heavy

The Battle of Levounion was the first decisive Byzantine victory of the Komnenian restoration. On April 29, 1091, an invading force of Pechenegs was crushed by the combined forces of the Byzantine Empire under Alexios I Komnenos and his Cuman allies.

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