- Nicaean–Latin Armistice of 1260
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The Nicaean–Latin Armistice of 1260 was an armistice signed in August of 1260 between the Nicaean emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1259–1261) and the Latin emperor Baldwin II. Following the short lived Siege of Constantinople between January and April of 1260, both parties signed the armistice, agreeing to end all hostilities for the duration of one year. However, shortly before the expiration of the armistice, Alexios Strategopoulos discovered that the Walls of Constantinople were completely unmanned and managed to enter the city under the cover of darkness, retaking it from the Latins on July 25, 1261 thus ending the fifty-seven year Latin rule of the city.[1]
References
- ^ Ostrogorsky 1969, p. 449.
Sources
- Ostrogorsky, George (1969). History of the Byzantine State. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813511984. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ir7CKnBxRXwC.
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