Key facts

Year	1068	Wikidata P580 (start time)
Era	Medieval (500–1499)	derived from year
Location	Italy	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Europe	Natural Earth
War / conflict	Byzantine–Norman Wars	Wikidata P361
Participants	Byzantine Empire, Duchy of Apulia and Calabria	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	41.1253, 16.8667	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The siege of Bari took place 1068–1071, during the Middle Ages, when Norman forces, under the command of Robert Guiscard, laid siege to the city of Bari, a major stronghold of the Byzantines in Italy and the capital of the Catepanate of Italy, starting from 5 August 1068. Bari was captured on 16 April 1071 when Robert Guiscard entered the city, ending not only more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in Southern Italy but also ancient Roman control since the Roman expansion in Italy in the 3rd century BCE.

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