The small port town where Alexios confronted Robert Giscard's Norman forces in the first major test of his reign. The battle there provided an 'excellent lesson': the Varangian Guard stopped the Norman charge but the undisciplined rank-and-file broke to pursue retreating Normans, were cut down by Norman cavalry, leaving the Varangians isolated and massacred. Alexios barely escaped in disguise. The port fell to the Normans.
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Episode 14 (15 mentions)
The small port town where Alexios confronted Robert Giscard's Norman forces in the first major test of his reign. The battle there provided an 'excellent lesson': the Varangian Guard stopped the Norman charge but the undisciplined rank-and-file broke to pursue retreating Normans, were cut down by Norman cavalry, leaving the Varangians isolated and massacred. Alexios barely escaped in disguise. The port fell to the Normans.
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