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Southern Italy in the Early Middle Ages

Timeline

Duchy of Naples under the Byzantine Greeks 661-763 The papacy becomes Latin; Pope Zacharias (741-752 CE)  from Calabria was the last Greek popes in the West
Moslems conquer Sicily

The Normans arrive in Southern Italy (Timeline)

Byzantines attempt to reconquer Southern Italy
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Normans attack the Byzantine Empire The Norman City of Cefalù