Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
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The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia an
Coin of Robert Guiscard.
A manuscript depicting Alexios.
The Varangian Guard.
Robert Guiscard
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Robert Guiscard, also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
…place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118), and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. The battle was fought outside the city of Dyrrhachium (present-day Durrës in Albania), the major Byzantine stronghold in…
Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita welcoming Constantine the African to court
The surrender of Palermo by the Muslims, Giuseppe Patania, Palazzo dei Normanni
Statue of Robert Guiscard, 1700–1749, Lorenzo Ottoni.