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en-wikipedia-org-9808		Manuel I Komnenos - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	13984	1167	70	Manuel I Komnenos (Greek: Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos ("born in the purple"), was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. These developments encouraged Manuel to take advantage of the multiple instabilities on the Italian peninsula.[27] He sent Michael Palaiologos and John Doukas, both of whom held the high imperial rank of sebastos, with Byzantine troops, ten ships, and large quantities of gold to invade Apulia in 1155.[28] The two generals were instructed to enlist the support of Frederick, but he declined because his demoralised army longed to get back north of the Alps as soon as possible.[b] Nevertheless, with the help of disaffected local barons, including Count Robert of Loritello, Manuel's expedition achieved astonishingly rapid progress as the whole of southern Italy rose up in rebellion against the Sicilian Crown and the untried William I.[15] There followed a string of spectacular successes as numerous strongholds yielded either to force or the lure of gold.[24]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9808.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9808.txt