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People: Michel Baron
Topic: Ager Sanguinis, Battle of
Location: Daugavpils Daugavpils Latvia

Ager Sanguinis, Battle of

Years: 1119 - 1119

In the Battle of Ager Sanguinis, also known as the Battle of the Field of Blood, the Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat, Roger of Salerno's Crusader army of the Principality of Antioch is annihilated by the army of Ilghazi of Mardin, the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo on June 28, 1119.

“History is a vast early warning system.”

― Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, April 15, 1978