The Crusaders and the Step Archers of the Middle East

The romans lost anatolia not because of the tactics of step archers, but the strategic problem they created. When manawil marched his giant army towards miriocefelon, he faced no resistance. They weren't going to attack a huge army head on. The problem was that the romans couldn't deliver a knock out blow. Even if they'd taken iconium, it wouldn't have hurt the nomads.