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The Norman William Iron Arm led the offence, which was part of a greater revolt, against Michael Doukeianos, the Byzantine Catepan of Italy.
The Byzantine catepan of Italy, Michael Doukeianos, moved from Bari with the few troops he could muster, including some Varangians, troops from the Opsikion tagma and several Thracians.
The first fort was built here in 1038 by George Maniakes, a Greek general and later the catepan of Italy, after his capture of Syracuse from Arabic rule, on behalf of the Emperor Michael IV.
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.