Robert Guiscard and his army plunder and burn Rome as punishment for the population's rebellion against Pope Gregory VII. and because one of Robert's men had been injured by them.

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Related Conflict :	Investiture Controversy
Perpetrator (Person) :	Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily Origin: Normannian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Population of Rome Origin: Roman Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Third Party (Person) :	Pope Gregory VII. Origin: Tuscanian Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Bernold of Constance, Chronicon (Bernold of Constance) 1084Bernold of Constance Chronicon (Bernold of Constance) 1084 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Roma (Rome)
Time Periode :	Salian Period
Century :	A.D. 11
Year :	A.D. 1084
Month :	May June
Season :	Spring
Duration :	Weeks
Context :	war/military campaign plunder jurisdictional
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Application :	burning
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation campaign
Original Text :	Ruobertus Wiscardus dux Nordmannorum in servicium sancti Petri post Kal. Maii Romam armata manu invasit, fugatoque Heinrico totam urbem Gregorio papae rebellem penitus expoliavit, et maiorem eius partem igni consumpsit, eo quod Romani quendam eius militem vulneraverint.
Translation :	-
Edition :	I. S. Robinson: Bertholds und Bernolds Chroniken (FSGA 14), Darmstadt, 280-432.
Remark :	context: For the previous flight of Henry IV. from Rome, refer to: "Robert Guiscard and his army drive out Emperor Henry IV. from Rome."
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