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Name: Third Norman invasion of the Balkans

Type: Event

Start: 1185 AD

End: 1187 AD

Parent: Byzantine-Norman Wars

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Was an invasion launched by the Normans of south Italy in Byzantine territories in the Balkans.

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  • January 1186: Byzantine Emperor Andronicos Komnenos allowed the Normans to occupy southern Epirus and northern Greece without resistance.
  • January 1187: A reinforced Byzantine field army under Alexios Branas decisively defeated the Normans at the Battle of Demetritzes. Following this battle Thessalonica was speedily recovered and the Normans were pushed back to Italy.
  • October 1185: At the end of the summer the great Norman fleet had to return to Sicily, leaving the territories conquered in Greece during 1185.
  • August 1185: Sack of Thessalonica by Sicilian forces.

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