Durres During The First Norman Attack 1081-1085

Q2 Arts and Humanities
None Muhamet Qerimi
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Following the Norman conquest of Byzantine Italy and Saracen Sicily, Robert Guiscard took the initiative to conquer the Byzantine Empire in 1081. Robert Guiscard set out from Italy for the island of Corfu, which he soon conquered. After landing, he received military reinforcements from Italy, and attacks began on the city of Durres, the main port on the Adriatic. The city was well protected on a long, narrow peninsula running parallel to the coast but separated by swamps. Guiscard brought his army to the peninsula and set up camp outside the city walls, but the Norman fleet sailing towards Durres was struck by a storm and lost several ships, despite the losses after the Norman siege, he invaded Durres. Durres turned into the main theater of the Norman-Byzantine war, and the conquest of Durres by the Normans brought fear, not only to the Ottoman Empire, but also to Europe's largest trading power, Venice. By controlling the Strait of Otranto, the Normans would control almost the entire Eastern Mediterranean. The geographical position of Durres and its connection with the old road Egnatia, which leads to Constantinople, make Durres the key to the conquest of the Byzantine Empire.
1081-1085年诺曼人第一次进攻期间的都拉斯
在诺曼征服拜占庭意大利和撒拉逊西西里之后,罗伯特·古斯卡德在1081年主动征服了拜占庭帝国。罗伯特·吉斯卡德从意大利出发前往科孚岛,并很快征服了那里。登陆后,他得到了来自意大利的军事增援,并开始攻击亚得里亚海的主要港口城市都拉斯。这座城市被一个狭长的半岛保护得很好,这个半岛与海岸平行,但被沼泽隔开。Guiscard带着他的军队来到半岛,在城墙外安营扎寨,但前往都拉斯的诺曼舰队遭遇风暴,损失了几艘船,尽管诺曼人围攻后损失惨重,他还是入侵了都拉斯。都拉斯变成了诺曼-拜占庭战争的主战场,诺曼人对都拉斯的征服不仅给奥斯曼帝国带来了恐惧,也给欧洲最大的贸易强国威尼斯带来了恐惧。通过控制奥特朗托海峡,诺曼人几乎控制了整个东地中海。都拉斯的地理位置以及它与通往君士坦丁堡的古埃格纳提亚的联系,使都拉斯成为征服拜占庭帝国的关键。
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Journal of Namibian Studies
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