<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, licha ya mashambulizi ya kijeshi ya Wafranki na Wabyzantium, Waarabu waliendelea kuwapo katika eneo la Italia kwa karne mbili.  <response>: Despite military expeditions by the Franks and Byzantines, however, the Arabs remained on the Italian scene for two centuries. 