Editing Larissa (section)

===Middle Ages===
[[File:Λάρισα, Αρχαιολογικός χώρος φρουρίου, Παλαιοχριστιανική βασιλική Αγίου Αχιλλείου 2.jpg|thumb|Remains of the [[Basilica of St. Achillios]], destroyed during the Ottoman era]]
[[File:Dodwell Larissa.jpg|thumb|left|Gravure of Larissa, c. 1820]]
[[File:Frourio Larissas.JPG|thumb|200px|The archaeological excavations on [[Frourio Hill]], with the [[Bezesten of Larissa]] in the background]]
[[File:Frourio - road.JPG|thumb|200px|A street in the Frourio quarter]]

Larissa was sacked by the [[Ostrogoths]] in the late [[5th century]], and rebuilt under the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor [[Justinian I]].<ref name="ODB">{{ODB | last = Kazhdan | first = Alexander | author-link = Alexander Kazhdan | title = Larissa | page = 1180}}</ref>

In the eighth century, the city became the [[metropolitan see|metropolis]] of the [[theme (Byzantine district)|theme]] of [[Hellas (theme)|Hellas]].<ref name="ODB"/> The city was captured in 986 by Tsar [[Samuel of Bulgaria]], who carried off the relics of its patron saint, [[Achillius of Larissa|Saint Achilleios]], to [[Prespa (medieval town)|Prespa]].<ref name="ODB"/> It was again [[Battle of Larissa|unsuccessfully besieged]] by the [[Italo-Norman]]s under [[Bohemond I of Antioch|Bohemond I]] in 1082/3.<ref name="ODB"/>

After the [[Fourth Crusade]], the [[Kingdom of Thessalonica|King of Thessalonica]], [[Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat|Boniface of Montferrat]], gave the city to [[Lombardy|Lombard]] [[baron]]s, but they launched a rebellion in 1209 that had to be subdued by the [[Latin Emperor]] [[Henry of Flanders]] himself.<ref name="ODB"/> The city was recovered by [[Despotate of Epirus|Epirus]] soon after.<ref name="ODB"/>