ERSTER UND ZWEITER SIEGER. ZUM BYZANTINISCH-KAROLINGISCHEN BÜNDNIS BEZÜGLICH BARI 870–871
First And Second Winner. About Byzantine-Carolingian Alliance In Bari 870-871

Summary/Abstract: The growth of Arab power in Southern Italy and even Dalmatia menaced the Byzantine Empire as well as Carolingian Italy and led both to an alliance in 869/870. Their attempt, however, to conquer Bari in a joint attack failed in 870 (not 869) due to a lack of coordination. An exchange of letters, which followed between Basil I and Louis II, reveals cultural and ideological alienation between christian East and West.

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