George Maniakes's Sicilian expedition
1038–1040 · Event
A Byzantine army with Varangian and Norman mercenaries, Harald among them, briefly retakes eastern Sicily from the Arabs.
On these timelines: Italy (post-476 CE), Master, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age
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