We know that this took place on a Monday, because it was two days before
Bellarion's impeachment by the captains, which in turn was four days
before a Sunday [Chapter 3.XII]. This Monday could not have been
November 7, the first day of the siege, because three assaults on the
city had already been repulsed. But if it was Monday the
twenty-first or the twenty-eighth then Theodore's final defeat was
in December, and we know that it was a "November night" when
Bellarion's army returned triumphant [Chapter 3.XIV]. Thus November
14 is the only possible day.
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