Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)

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The Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) was a major military engagement in which Norman forces under Robert Guiscard besieged and captured the key Byzantine port city of Dyrrhachium on the Adriatic coast, marking a critical episode in the Norman–Byzantine wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
siege
attacker Norman forces
belligerent Byzantine Empire
Normans
commandedByAttacker Robert Guiscard
commander Robert Guiscard
conflict Norman–Byzantine wars
conflictType medieval siege
countryAtTimeOfEvent Byzantine Empire
defender Byzantine Empire
endTime 1081
era reign of Alexios I Komnenos
followedBy Norman advance into Byzantine territory
geographicalContext Adriatic Sea region
linked to: Adriatic Sea

western Balkans
hasCause Norman expansion into Byzantine territories
Norman invasion of the Balkans
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire
Norman forces
location Adriatic coast
Dyrrhachium
present-day Durrës, Albania
objective capture of Dyrrhachium
opponentRuler Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
linked to: Alexios I Komnenos
opposingCommander Alexios I Komnenos
partOf Norman campaigns of Robert Guiscard
Norman–Byzantine wars
precededBy Norman landing on the Adriatic coast
relatedEvent Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
result Norman victory
capture of Dyrrhachium by the Normans
Robert GuiscardDynasty Norman Hauteville family
linked to: Hauteville dynasty
Robert GuiscardIs Duke of Apulia and Calabria
significance major setback for the Byzantine Empire in the western Balkans
opened the way for further Norman operations in the Balkans
secured a key Adriatic port for the Normans
startTime 1081
strategicImportanceOfLocation gateway between Italy and the Balkans
major Byzantine port on the Adriatic Sea
timePeriod 11th century
Middle Ages
usedMilitaryTactic blockade of port city
siege warfare

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts hasPart Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)
Norman invasion of 1107–1108 relatedConflict siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)
linked to: Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108 campaign) relatedConflict Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081–1082)
linked to: Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)