A Lombard prince held prisoner in Taranto…

840 CE

A Lombard prince held prisoner in Taranto is in 840 freed by his partisans, brought to Benevento, and made duke.

At the same time, the Saracens take control of Taranto, exploiting the weak Lombard control to make Taranto an Arab stronghold and privileged harbor.

In the same year, an Arab fleet leaves Taranto, defeating in the Gulf of Taranto a Venetian fleet of sixty ships that had responded to a summons by the emperor Theophilos, and enters the Adriatic sea, sacking the coastal cities.

Locations
Taranto > Tarentum Puglia Italy View →

People
Theophilos (emperor) View →

Groups
Arab people View → Lombards (West Germanic tribe) View → Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines) View → Benevento, Lombard Duchy of View → Saracens View → Venice, Duchy of View → Francia (Carolingians) View → Spoleto, Duchy of View → Frankish, or Carolingian (Roman) Empire View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Phrygian or Armorian dynasty View →

Topics
Arab-Byzantine Wars View → Islamic Golden Age View → Islamic Conquest of Sicily View → Byzantine-Muslim War of 830-41 View →

Commodities
Weapons View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

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