Robert Giscard's capture of Bari in 1071, the last Byzantine stronghold in Italy, ending Byzantine presence on the Italian peninsula. Brownworth pairs this with the Battle of Manzikert in the same year as a bookend disaster — the empire losing its western Italian foothold and its eastern Anatolian heartland in the same year.
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Episode 14 (2 mentions)
Robert Giscard's capture of Bari in 1071, the last Byzantine stronghold in Italy, ending Byzantine presence on the Italian peninsula. Brownworth pairs this with the Battle of Manzikert in the same year as a bookend disaster — the empire losing its western Italian foothold and its eastern Anatolian heartland in the same year.
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