The Battle of Halmyros, known by older scholars as the Battle of the Cephissus or Battle of Orchomenos, was fought on 15 March 1311 between the forces of the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne and the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in a devastating victory for the Catalans.Engaged in conflict with their original employers, the Byzantine Empire, the Catalan Company had traversed the southern Balkans and arrived in southern Greece in 1309.
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| - The Battle of Halmyros, known by older scholars as the Battle of the Cephissus or Battle of Orchomenos, was fought on 15 March 1311 between the forces of the Frankish Duchy of Athens and its vassals under Walter of Brienne and the mercenaries of the Catalan Company, resulting in a devastating victory for the Catalans.Engaged in conflict with their original employers, the Byzantine Empire, the Catalan Company had traversed the southern Balkans and arrived in southern Greece in 1309.
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- Duchy of Athens
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| - Decisive Catalan victory, conquest of theDuchy of Athens
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| - 2,000 cavalry and 4,000 foot
- 6,400 cavalry and 8,000 infantry (Gregoras);
- 700 knights and 24,000 infantry (Muntaner);
- 2,000 cavalry, 4,000 infantry (Chronicle of the Morea)
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