| Siege of Bari | |||||||||
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| Part of the Byzantine-Norman wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Byzantine Empire | Normans | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Michael Maurex Avartuteles Stephen Pateran | Robert Guiscard | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Bari garrison, other Byzantine reinforcements and 20 ships | Norman army and fleet, unknown size | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy, including civilians | Heavy | ||||||||
The siege of Bari took place 1068–71, 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 more than five centuries of Byzantine presence in Southern Italy, what is more, ending also ancient Roman control since the Roman expansion in Italy in the 3rd century BCE.