Basil reconquered the Italian coastal cities of Otranto and Bari, giving his brilliant general Nikephoros Phokas an excellent bridgehead from which he would go on to conquer virtually all of southern Italy before the end of the century.
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Episode 12 (1 mention)
Basil reconquered the Italian coastal cities of Otranto and Bari, giving his brilliant general Nikephoros Phokas an excellent bridgehead from which he would go on to conquer virtually all of southern Italy before the end of the century.
“Having laid the foundation of a military reconquest,”
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