Bohémond continues the Norman advance, ravaging parts of Greece, including Thebes and ...

…Corinth.

Alex uses Melissenos as the centerpiece to a ruse at Larissa, in Thessaly.

The emperor gives him the imperial insignia and a detachment of the army, which Bohemond proceeds to attack in the belief that this is the main imperial force, since the emperor is present with it.

While the Normans pursue Melissenos's men, Alexios with the main army takes and loots the Norman camp, forcing Bohemond to lift the siege and withdraw.

Many of his dispirited, homesick men, demoralized by the huge rewards that Alexios offers deserters, fall away.

Bohemond goes to Italy to raise more money but his principal lieutenants surrender almost as soon as he has departed.

A Venetian fleet has recaptured Durazzo and …

…Corfu by the end of 1083, …

…limiting the Norman invaders to only a few islands.

Because of the help given to the Empire, the Republic of Venice is awarded a Golden Bull: a decree by Emperor Alexios I Komnenos granting Venice many privileges, including a tax exemption for Venetian merchants, that will be crucial for the future economic and political expansion of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean.

Zvonimir is known for building a three-naved basilica near Knin and the city is today nicknamed "Zvonimir's city".

He has continued the expansive and pro-Roman policies of his predecessor, maintaining close alliance with the papacy.

He has instituted the Gregorian reform and made many domestic reforms, such as the abolition of slavery.

The Annales Carinthiæ and Chronica Hungarorum record that Zvonimir eventually invaded Carinthia to aid Hungary in war during 1079/83, but this is disputed.

Jordan had been left in charge in 1082, while his father was away from Sicily helping Robert Guiscard, his brother the Duke of Apulia, but in the summer of 1083, Jordan leads a few disaffected nobles in rebellion.

His father returns and immediately blinds the leaders of the revolt, only pardoning his son at the last moment, to instill in him a healthy respect for authority.

He will remain loyal ever thereafter.

The Almoravids take Algiers, …

…Ténès and …