Byzantine, Longobard, Arab, and Norman dominations
Byzantine and Longobard dominations
In the wake of the Gothic wars, Taranto became part of Byzantine Empire in 540, and was ruled by them until the Lombards of the Duchy of Benevento captured it in 662. In spring 663, basileus Constans II arrived at Taranto with a fleet and an army, and defeated the Longobards: it was the first time a Byzantine Emperor arrived in Italy with an army. Next, he conquered Apulia, and went to Rome to meet Pope Vitalian. After the Emperor got back to Byzantium, a new war between the Byzantines and the Duchy of Beneventum started, and lasted for years. Duke Grimoaldus conquered the northern Apulia, his son Romoaldus, in 686, took Taranto and Brindisi from the imperial army.
In 700s, Berbers started to raid Taranto and southern Italy; their menace lasted up to the 11th century.
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