On 17 August 928, the city was sacked by a Fatimid fleet under Sabir al-Fata. Its inhabitants were carried to North Africa as slaves. It remained in the hands of the Byzantine emperors until it was among the last cities of Apulia to surrender to the Norman Robert Guiscard in 1068. It then became part of the Principality of Taranto. In the Middle Ages, the Jews had a school there.
On 17 August 928, the city. was sacked by a, Fatimid fleet under Sabir al-Fata. Its inhabitants were carried to North A.frica as slaves. It: remained in the hands of the Byzantine emperors until it was among the last cities of Apulia to surrender to the No:rman Robert Guiscard in 1068. It then became part of the Principality of Taranto In the Middle Ages, the Jews had a school there.