Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)

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The Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) was a major military engagement in which Norman forces under Robert Guiscard besieged and captured the key Byzantine port city of Dyrrhachium on the Adriatic coast, marking a critical episode in the Norman–Byzantine wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker Norman forces ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
commandedByAttacker Robert Guiscard ⓘ
commander Robert Guiscard ⓘ
conflict Norman–Byzantine wars ⓘ
conflictType medieval siege ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfEvent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
defender Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime 1081 ⓘ
era reign of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
followedBy Norman advance into Byzantine territory ⓘ
geographicalContext Adriatic Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Adriatic Sea

western Balkans ⓘ
hasCause Norman expansion into Byzantine territories ⓘ
Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces ⓘ
location Adriatic coast ⓘ
Dyrrhachium ⓘ
present-day Durrës, Albania ⓘ
objective capture of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
opponentRuler Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
linked to: Alexios I Komnenos
opposingCommander Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
partOf Norman campaigns of Robert Guiscard ⓘ
Norman–Byzantine wars ⓘ
precededBy Norman landing on the Adriatic coast ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081) ⓘ
result Norman victory ⓘ
capture of Dyrrhachium by the Normans ⓘ
Robert GuiscardDynasty Norman Hauteville family ⓘ
linked to: Hauteville dynasty
Robert GuiscardIs Duke of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ
significance major setback for the Byzantine Empire in the western Balkans ⓘ
opened the way for further Norman operations in the Balkans ⓘ
secured a key Adriatic port for the Normans ⓘ
startTime 1081 ⓘ
strategicImportanceOfLocation gateway between Italy and the Balkans ⓘ
major Byzantine port on the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
usedMilitaryTactic blockade of port city ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) ⓘ
Norman invasion of 1107–1108 → relatedConflict → siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108 campaign) → relatedConflict → Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081–1082) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081)