Kammala wannan jumla: A 1071, Catepanate na Italiya ya ragu sosai, tare da 'yan kalilan da suka rage da kuma babban birnin su
Norman sun kewaye su. Dangane da "Anonymus Barensis", Romanos IV, Sarkin Byzantine mai mulki, ya aika da jiragen ruwa ashirin a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Joscelin na Molfetta, ɗan tawaye na Norman, tare da Pateranos, don sauƙaƙe Bari. Koyaya, Normans sun tsallake kuma sun warwatsa rundunar jiragen ruwa a gabar tekun Bari, kuma sun kama jirgin da ke ɗauke da Joscelin, kodayake Stephen ya sami damar isa garin. Stephen ya fahimci cewa ba zai yiwu a kāre birnin ba, sai ya aika da Argyritzos, wani mutum mai martaba, don ya ba da salama. Norman sun yarda da zaman lafiya, kuma Bari ya mika wuya.