 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akayeuchidzwa naAlexios I Komnenos, uyo akatsiva Nikephoros, uye aive nehukama naKonstantios kuburikidza nekuroora kwake Irene Doukaina, muna 1081. Akaitwa mukuru mukuru, uye akatumirwa kundorwa navaNorman. Pashure pokunge Alexios atora chigaro choumambo, akasimudza Constantine Doukas kuva mubatsiri wamambo. Konstantios akarwa muhondo yeDyrrhachium musi wa18 Gumiguru 1081, apo mauto eByzantium akanga akomba Dyrrachium akarwiswa nemauto eNorman. Kunyange zvazvo vaByzantium vakatanga vabudirira, noruoko rworudyi rwevaNorman rwakakundwa nerworuboshwe rwevaByzantium, pakati pevaNorman vakakunda mauto epakati evaByzantium. Mukati mokurwisana uku, Varangian Guard, iyo Konstantinos akanga achirwisana nayo, yakaparadzaniswa nomuviri mukuru wehondo yeByzantium ndokuurawa. Konstantinos pachake akafira muhondo yacho. 