Editing Crotone (section)

===Post-Roman era===

Around 550 AD, the city was unsuccessfully besieged by [[Totila]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]]. At a later date it became a part of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Around 841, the [[Republic of Venice]] sent a fleet of 60 galleys (each carrying 200 men) to assist the Byzantines in driving the Arabs from Crotone, but it failed.<ref name="Norwich32">J. Norwich, ''A History of Venice'', 32</ref> 

About 870, it was sacked by the [[Saracen]]s, who put to death the bishop and many people who had taken refuge in the cathedral but were not able to occupy the city. Over a hundred years later, [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor]], mounted a campaign in southern Italy to reduce the power of the Byzantines. Later, Crotone was conquered by the [[Normans]]. 

In 1806, it was occupied and sacked by the British, and later by the French. Thereafter it shared the fate of the [[Kingdom of Naples]], including the period of Spanish rule of which the 16th-century castle of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], overlooking modern Crotone, serves as a reminder. Its successor, the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] was conquered by the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] in 1860 and incorporated into the new Kingdom of Italy in 1861.