Battle of Dyrrhachium

When

24 Oct 1081

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.30° N, 19.50° E

Description

1081 battle in present-day Albania

Part of the First Norman invasion of the Balkans

The Battle of Dyrrhachium took place on October 18, 1081 between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. The battle was fought outside the city of Dyrrhachium, the major Byzantine stronghold in the western Balkans, and ended in a Norman victory.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Dyrrhachium: After taking the island of Corfu, Robert Guiscard advances to Dyrrhachium (modern-day Durrës), and lays siege to the city”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dirrahium Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'armée byzantine d'Alexis est vaincue lors de la bataille de Dyrrachium par les Normands”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Диррахии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page