Norman Conquest of Southern Italy
1061 CE – 1091 CE · 30 years
Norman warriors under Robert Guiscard and Roger I conquered southern Italy and Sicily from Byzantine and Arab rulers, creating a wealthy multicultural kingdom that became a major Mediterranean power.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Norman adventurers (Hauteville family)
- Byzantine Empire, Arab Emirates
Key moments
Defining events in the Norman Conquest of Southern Italy.
- 1053 Battle of Civitate
- 1068-1071 Siege of Bari
- 1072 Fall of Palermo
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
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Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
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Conflict · Europe
Viking Invasions
793 CE – 1066 CETrade route · Europe
Venice–Constantinople Route
800 CE – 1600 CE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
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831 CE – 1072 CE
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1066 CETrade route · Europe
Varangian Trade Route
800 CE – 1100 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1061 CE and 1091 CE.
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Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Italy 1000 ADCC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- WürttembergSsch · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Viking expansionAbbey of Saint-Aubin · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Muslim SicilyMrsColdArrow · CC BY 4.0
- Norman-conquest-1066Amitchell125 · CC BY 3.0
