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Adriatic, and the empress, with her four children, to the Byzantine palace; but they required, as the price of their service, that he should recover Durazzo from the despot of Epirus.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Later, he sent his protopatron through all his land, sending him even to Durazzo, and commanded that no one should dare to harm any pilgrim; that if any one should violate this command, he would fittingly suffer the penalty of hanging instantly.
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His most famous victory came at the battle of Durazzo on October 1081 in the text below, the battle is dated to 1082 at a place called Durres where he defeated a Byzantine army.
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Bohemund responded to all these things as he thought best for his own interests, affably and in a friendly way, while the Emperor recalled in a familiar talk his bold undertakings long ago around Durazzo and Larissa and the hostilities between them at that time.
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Durazzo and Doria, but it required more trouble to procure admission than I was willing to give myself: as for the arsenal, and the rostrum of an ancient galley which was found by accident in dragging the harbour, I postponed seeing them till my return.
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I know that I was conceived in the town of Durazzo on his way home from the great crusade.
The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
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Charles of Durazzo for the conquest of Naples, and many Florentine emigrants were said to have joined him.
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He held a command under Charles of Durazzo, a descendant of the kings of
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(Brindes), pour d閎arquer � Duras (Durazzo) qui est � monseigneur le prince de Tarente.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A schism having thus arisen in the church, Queen Joan favored the schismatic pope, upon which Urban caused Charles of Durazzo, descended from the kings of Naples, to undertake the conquest of her dominions.
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