Fatimid seige against Byzantine Sicily. It began in 963 CE in what is now Italy and lasted until May 965 CE (about 2 years). The setting was Rometta. It was part of Arab–Byzantine wars and Muslim conquest of Sicily. Those involved included the Fatimid Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire.
Before and after
- c. 944 CEOrigins of Algiers
- 946 CEConstruction of Monastery of Saint John of Rila
- from 960 CE to 1279Song dynasty
- from 2 February 962 CE to 6 August 1806Holy Roman Empire
- from 963 CE to 965 CESiege of Rometta
- 965 CEBirth of Ibn al-Haytham
- 965 CEFounding of Kingdom of Denmark
- 967 CEOrigins of Banteay Srei
- from November 968 CE to October 969 CESiege of Antioch
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