Second Norman invasion of the Balkans

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invasion military campaign

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Norman invasion of Byzantine Illyria	1
Norman invasion of the Balkans	1
Second Norman invasion of the Balkans canonical	1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
attacker	Norman forces from southern Italy ⓘ
belligerent	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
geopoliticalContext	struggle for control of the Adriatic and western Balkans ⓘ
historicalEra	High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedPower	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Kingdom of southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ western Balkans ⓘ
militaryAction	attack on Byzantine-held cities in the western Balkans ⓘ
militaryTheater	Balkan Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	to attack Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ to capture key Byzantine strongholds in the western Balkans ⓘ
opponent	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	eventual Byzantine recovery of lost territories ⓘ
participant	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Normans NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Norman–Byzantine wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	southern Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Byzantine–Norman wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman conquest of southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	temporary Norman occupation of key Byzantine territories in the western Balkans ⓘ
startTime	late 11th century ⓘ
status	historical event ⓘ
temporalContext	late 11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norman–Byzantine conflicts → hasPart → Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ

Battle of Dyrrhachium → hasCasusBelli → Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman invasion of Byzantine Illyria

Battle of Dyrrhachium → partOf → Second Norman invasion of the Balkans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman invasion of the Balkans