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    Rometta (Sicilian: Ramietta) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 180 kilometres...
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  • The siege of Rometta was a successful siege of the Byzantine city of Rometta, in northeastern Sicily, by the Kalbids on behalf of the Fatimid Dynasty...
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    deathbed. The Fountain of Neptune below the Fountain of the Organ The Rometta fountain Neptune's fountain One hundred fountains The Fontana dell'Ovato...
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    is one of the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) of Rometta comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region...
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  • Sicily to assist the efforts to capture Rometta. While the Fatimid army defeated the Byzantines before Rometta and then destroyed their fleet at the Battle...
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    its attempt to relieve Rometta was decisively defeated, with Manuel Phokas among the dead. Left without hope of relief, Rometta fell in spring 965. Following...
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  • The Rometta Marea derailment occurred on Saturday 20 July 2002 in Rometta Marea, part of the Rometta comune in Sicily, Italy. The Espresso (express train)...
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    Siege of Rometta: Nikephoros II sends an expedition to Sicily. The Byzantine army (40,000 men) is sent to break the Muslim siege at Rometta, and to regain...
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    Byzantine forces, however, were swiftly routed in Rometta and at the Battle of the Straits, and Rometta soon fell to the Muslims, completing the Islamic...
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  • frazione of Cessaniti comune, Province of Vibo Valentia San Cono (Rometta), frazione of Rometta comune, Province of Messina San Cono (Tripi), frazione of Tripi...
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