The further decline of Byzantine state-of-affairs paved the road to a third attack in 1185, when a large Norman army invaded Dyrrachium, owing to the betrayal of high Byzantine officials. Some time later, Dyrrachium--one of the most important naval bases of the Adriatic--fell again to Byzantine hands.
When did the Normans attack Dyrrachium? Where was Dyrrachium located?
1185 the Adriatic
The further decline of Byzantine state-of-affairs paved the road to a third attack in 1185, when a large Norman army invaded Dyrrachium, owing to the betrayal of high Byzantine officials. Some time later, Dyrrachium--one of the most important naval bases of the Adriatic--fell again to Byzantine hands.
Dyrrachium