Battle of Cannae (1018)

Quand

1018

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

41.30° N, 16.15° E

Description

1018 battle during the Norman conquest of Italy

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.

Source : Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Lire l’article

• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Battle of Cannae: The Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are decisively defeated by the Byzantine army »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Греки разбили лангобардов и норманнов в Битве при Каннах »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « معركة كاناي الثانية بين البيزنطيين واللومبارديين »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source