What the records say
- When
- Nov 1107 – Sep 1108
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.32° N, 19.46° E
- Description
- 1107–1108 Italo-Norman siege of Durrës
Siege of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108)
Italo-Norman siege of Durrës
The siege of Dyrrhachium took place from November 1107 until September 1108, as the Italo-Normans under Bohemond I of Antioch besieged the Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium, now known as Durrës. Dyrrhachium was held for the Byzantine Empire by its doux Alexios Komnenos, a nephew of the reigning Byzantine emperor, Alexios I Komnenos.
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