The request was granted: a detachment of the elite Varangian Guard was sent.
The history of Torremaggiore is strictly connected to that ot the burg of Fiorentino (also Castel Fiorentino), a Byzantine frontier stronghold founded by the catepan Basil Boioannes in 1018.
Basil Rathbone | Basil II | Toni Basil | Basil of Caesarea | Basil I | Basil | Basil Fawlty | Basil Dearden | Basil Davidson | Basil Sydney | Basil Pao | basil | Basil Wolverton | Basil Spence | Basil Hood | Basil Hayward | Basil Hall | Basil Brush | Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough | Saint Basil's Cathedral | Exaugustus Boioannes | Basil Moreau | Basil Hume | Basil D'Oliveira | Basil Crockett | St. Basil | Basil Wright | Basil Thomson | Basil O'Connor | Basil Mott |