Ka cika wannan jumla: Sarautar sarakuna ta ci gaba a Sicily a cikin ƙarni na takwas, da sannu-sannu Larabawa suka mamaye tsibirin a ƙarni na tara. A Italiya, wasu 'yan kagara a Calabria sun samar da tushe don daga baya, fadada mulkin mallaka, wanda ya kai kololuwarsa a farkon karni na goma sha ɗaya, tare da yawancin kudancin Italiya a ƙarƙashin mulkin Roman. Wannan, duk da haka, ya ɓace ta hanyar ƙarin yaƙe-yaƙe na cikin gida a cikin Daular, da kuma sannu-sannu na mamayar yankin da tsoffin sojojin da ke mulkin mallaka na Daular, Norman, waɗanda a ƙarshe suka kawo ƙarshen mulkin mallaka a Yammacin Turai a 1071 tare da
cin nasarar Bari. Sarkin sarakuna na ƙarshe da ya yi ƙoƙari ya sake cin nasara a Yamma shine Manuel I Komnenos, wanda ya mamaye kudancin Italiya yayin yaƙi da Masarautar Norman na Sicily a cikin 1150s. Birnin Bari da yardar rai ya buɗe ƙofofinsa ga Sarkin sarakuna kuma bayan nasarar cinye wasu biranen yankin, Manuel ya yi mafarkin sake dawo da Daular Roman da haɗin kai tsakanin majami'un Rome da Constantinople, waɗanda aka raba tun lokacin da aka raba shi a 1054. Duk da nasarar farko da goyon bayan Paparoma, yaƙin ya ci nasara kuma Manuel ya tilasta komawa gabas.