Siege of Berat
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The siege of Berat in Albania by the forces of the Angevin Kingdom of Sicily against the Byzantine garrison of the city took place in 1280–1281. Berat was a strategically important fortress, whose possession would allow the Angevins access to the heartlands of the Byzantine Empire. A Byzantine relief force arrived in spring 1281, and managed to ambush and capture the Angevin commander, Hugo de Sully. Thereupon, the Angevin army panicked and fled, suffering heavy losses in killed and wounded as it was attacked by the Byzantines. This defeat ended the threat of a land invasion of the Byzantine Empire, and along with the Sicilian Vespers marked the end of the Western threat to reconquer Byzantium.
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1280 — 1281 Siege of Berat
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 34 | Octavian's military campaigns in Illyricum | Roman Republic, military campaign, Taurisci, Daesitiates, Iapydes, Dalmatae, Pannonians | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 199 | Capture of Antipatreia | Roman Republic, battle, Macedonia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 300 | Battle of Scerdilaidas | battle, Aetolian League, Illyrian kingdom | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1280 | Siege of Berat | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1455 | Siege of Berat | siege | Wikidata |
| event | war | 48 | Caesar's Civil War | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 170 | Third Macedonian War | war, Aetolia, Macedonia, Thessaly, Kingdom of Numidia, Perseus of Macedon, Achaean League, Attalid dynasty, Eumenes II, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Odrysian kingdom, Athamania, Epirus, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Tomornitsa | fortress | Wikidata | |