Second Norman invasion of the Balkans

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The Second Norman invasion of the Balkans was a late 11th-century military campaign in which Norman forces from southern Italy attacked and temporarily captured key Byzantine territories in the western Balkans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
attacker Norman forces from southern Italy ⓘ
belligerent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman forces from southern Italy ⓘ
cause Norman ambitions in Byzantine-held territories ⓘ
Norman expansion from southern Italy ⓘ
chronologicalOrder second major Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
conflictSide Latin Christian power vs Eastern Roman (Byzantine) power ⓘ
conflictType Norman–Byzantine conflict ⓘ
consequence intensification of Norman–Byzantine rivalry ⓘ
temporary disruption of Byzantine control in parts of the western Balkans ⓘ
describedAs Norman campaign against Byzantine possessions in the western Balkans ⓘ
follows First Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
geopoliticalContext struggle for control of the Adriatic and western Balkans ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedPower Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Norman Kingdom of southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily
location Balkans ⓘ
Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ
western Balkans ⓘ
militaryAction attack on Byzantine-held cities in the western Balkans ⓘ
militaryTheater Balkan Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Balkans
objective to attack Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ
to capture key Byzantine strongholds in the western Balkans ⓘ
opponent Byzantine Empire ⓘ
outcome eventual Byzantine recovery of lost territories ⓘ
participant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
partOf Norman–Byzantine wars ⓘ
region southern Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine–Norman wars ⓘ
Norman conquest of southern Italy ⓘ
result temporary Norman occupation of key Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ
startTime late 11th century ⓘ
status historical event ⓘ
temporalContext late 11th century ⓘ

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
Battle of Dyrrhachium → hasCasusBelli → Norman invasion of Byzantine Illyria ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans
Battle of Dyrrhachium → partOf → Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
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Siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) → hasCause → Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans
Battle of Corfu (1084) → follows → Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans
Siege of Larissa (1083) → partOfCampaign → Norman campaign in Greece ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans
Second Norman invasion of the Balkans → follows → First Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
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Norman invasion of 1107–1108 → hasPart → Norman campaign in western Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans
Norman invasion of 1185–1186 → hasPart → Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Second Norman invasion of the Balkans