Battle of Dyrrhachium

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Dyrrhachium was a major 1081 clash in the Byzantine–Norman wars in which Norman forces under Robert Guiscard defeated the army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos near the Adriatic port city of Dyrrhachium (modern Durrës, Albania).

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)	3
Battle of Dyrrhachium canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
belligerent	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Duchy of Apulia and Calabria ⓘ Norman forces ⓘ
combatantCommander	Bohemond I of Taranto ⓘ George Palaiologos NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Alexios I Komnenos NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Guiscard ⓘ
conflict	Byzantine–Norman wars ONNED1 ⓘ
date	1081 ⓘ
era	11th century ⓘ
followedBy	Norman advance into Byzantine territory ⓘ
geographicalContext	Western Balkans ⓘ surface form: western Balkans
hasCasusBelli	Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ surface form: Norman invasion of Byzantine Illyria
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Greeks ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Greeks Normans ⓘ
location	Adriatic coast ⓘ Dyrrhachium ⓘ modern Albania ⓘ modern Durrës ⓘ near Dyrrhachium ⓘ
modernLocation	Durrës ⓘ surface form: Durrës, Albania
notableFor	defeat of Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ use of Norman heavy cavalry ⓘ
opponent	army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
partOf	Norman–Byzantine conflicts ⓘ surface form: Byzantine–Norman wars Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ surface form: Norman invasion of the Balkans
precededBy	Norman landing near Dyrrhachium ⓘ
primaryAttacker	Norman forces under Robert Guiscard ⓘ
primaryDefender	Byzantine forces under Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
result	Norman victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated effectiveness of Norman cavalry tactics ⓘ weakened Byzantine control in the western Balkans ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of Dyrrhachium ⓘ
theatre	Adriatic Sea ⓘ surface form: Adriatic Sea region
year	1081 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Alexios I Komnenos → battle → Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ

Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)

Dyrrhachium → siteOf → Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)

Komnenian restoration → significantEvent → Battle of Dyrrhachium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)