Alexios bribed the German king Henry IV with 360,000 gold pieces to attack the Normans in Italy, which forced the Robert Guiscard and the Normans to concentrate on their defenses at home in 1083–84. Alexios also secured the alliance of Henry, Count of Monte Sant'Angelo, who controlled the Gargano Peninsula.
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