Siege of Larissa (1083)

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The Siege of Larissa (1083) was a key military engagement during the Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire, in which Byzantine forces under Alexios I Komnenos successfully defended the city of Larissa in Thessaly against Norman attackers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedDynasty Komnenos dynasty ⓘ
associatedRuler Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
chronologicalContext 11th century ⓘ
combatant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
commander Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ
Robert Guiscard ⓘ
conflictIn Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
conflictType medieval siege ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
describedBy Anna Komnene ⓘ
describedBySource Alexiad ⓘ
followedBy decline of Norman campaign in Byzantine territories ⓘ
follows Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) ⓘ
Norman advance into Thessaly ⓘ
hasCause Norman attempt to capture Thessaly ⓘ
Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasEffect Norman withdrawal from Thessaly ⓘ
strengthening of Alexios I Komnenos' position ⓘ
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
location Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Larissa ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
militaryTheater Balkans ⓘ
notableCommanderForSide Alexios I Komnenos for Byzantines ⓘ
Bohemond I for Normans ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces ⓘ
partOf Byzantine–Norman wars ⓘ
reign of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
partOfCampaign Norman campaign in Greece ⓘ
pointInTime 1083 ⓘ
precededBy Norman successes in western Balkans ⓘ
result Byzantine victory ⓘ
significantFor defense of Thessaly ⓘ
stopping Norman advance into central Greece ⓘ
strategicObjective Norman capture of Larissa ⓘ
defense of Larissa ⓘ
usedTactic field operations around a besieged city ⓘ
relief of a besieged garrison ⓘ

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Siege of Larissa (1083) ⓘ