What the records say
- When
- 1018
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.30° N, 16.15° E
- Description
- 1018 battle during the Norman conquest of Italy
Battle of Cannae (1018)
Battle during the Norman conquest of Italy
The Battle of Cannae took place in 1018 between the Byzantines under the Catepan of Italy Basil Boioannes and the Lombards under Melus of Bari. The Lombards had also hired some Norman cavalry mercenaries under their leader Gilbert Buatère, while Boioannes had a detachment of elite Varangian Guard sent to him at his request to combat the Normans.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cannae: The Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are decisively defeated by the Byzantine army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Греки разбили лангобардов и норманнов в Битве при Каннах”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة كاناي الثانية بين البيزنطيين واللومبارديين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page