Norman invasion of 1107–1108

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The Norman invasion of 1107–1108 was a failed campaign by Western European Norman forces against the Byzantine Empire, reflecting ongoing power struggles in the eastern Mediterranean during the early 12th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ
commandedBy Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ
conflictDuring reign of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
conflictType siege warfare ⓘ
conflictWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
describedAs failed campaign by Western European Norman forces against the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
endTime 1108 ⓘ
followed First Crusade ⓘ
hasCause Bohemond I’s ambitions against Byzantium ⓘ
Norman–Byzantine rivalry ⓘ
power struggles in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasEffect Treaty of Devol ⓘ
confirmation of Byzantine authority over Antioch in principle ⓘ
hasPart Norman campaign in western Balkans ⓘ
historicalRegion eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrated limits of Norman expansion against Byzantium ⓘ
reflected ongoing power struggles between Latin West and Byzantine East ⓘ
location Adriatic coast ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Dyrrhachium ⓘ
western Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Western Balkans
militaryObjective capture of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
pressure on Byzantine control of the Balkans ⓘ
notableEvent siege of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108) ⓘ
opponent Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ
outcome Byzantine victory ⓘ
failure of Norman campaign ⓘ
participant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
Normans ⓘ
partOf Norman–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ
wider Crusades-era politics ⓘ
pointInTime early 12th century ⓘ
precededBy Norman–Byzantine conflict of 1081–1085 ⓘ
relatedConflict siege of Dyrrhachium (1081) ⓘ
relatedTo Norman Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sicily

Principality of Antioch ⓘ
resultedIn Bohemond I becoming a Byzantine vassal in the Treaty of Devol (nominally) ⓘ
startTime 1107 ⓘ
strategyUsedByByzantines attrition and blockade ⓘ

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Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Norman invasion of 1107–1108 ⓘ
Siege of Larissa (1083) → conflictIn → Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Norman invasion of 1107–1108
Siege of Larissa (1083) → hasCause → Norman invasion of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
linked to: Norman invasion of 1107–1108