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Topic: Paterna, Battle of
Location: Barbastro Aragon Spain

Paterna, Battle of

Years: 1065 - 1065

The Battle of Paterna is a battle that takes place between the troops of the Kingdom of Leon, under the command of Ferdinand I of León and Castile, and those of the Taifa of Valencia, commanded by Abd al-Malik ben Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur.

The battle occurs at the same time as the Siege of Valencia, resulted in a victory for the Kingdom of Leon.

“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce”

― Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire...(1852)