Siege of Rometta
The siege of Rometta was a successful siege of the Byzantine city of Rometta, in northeastern Sicily, by the Kalbids on behalf of the Fatimid Dynasty, that took place between 963 and 965 and marked the conclusion of the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
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| Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars and the Muslim conquest of Sicily | |||||||||
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| Byzantine Empire | ||||||||
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| 60,000 | 40,000 | ||||||||
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| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||||
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