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After a three-year siege, a Norman fleet commanded by Robert Guiscard conquers Bari, the last important Byzantine stronghold in southern Italy.
Byzantine emperor Romanus IV Diogenes is defeated and taken captive by Saljuk Turks at the Battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert). The power of the Byzantine state is broken.
Michael VII (Ducas) becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
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