Abstract :
Throughout the history armies had played the most significant role in the establishment and collapse of states. In other word the existence of a state belongs to her military power. The Nicaean army, continued many aspects of the Komnenian army, could not match the numbers, nor the quality of the twelfth century Byzantine army. However success of the Nicaean army was more remarkable. The Nicaean Empire, established in a geography surrounded with the Latins in Istanbul, Komnenians in Trebizond and Seijuks in Konya, gained victories against her rivals and finally captured Istanbul and revived Byzantine Empire by her powerful army. In this article, Nicaean Empire s anny which established by Theodore I Laskaris will be discussed.
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Nicaean Empire , Latins , Cumans , Varangian , Vardariot
