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Report for 1171:

I have purchased the castle of Benghazi from the Sicilians. This came at the cost of a tribute of 4200 florins to the Sicilian Crown for 4 and half years(3 turns). I also concluded an alliance with them, which should assist us in driving out the Venetians and avenging the deaths of Savvas and Tiverios.

I note that the town of Bari has fallen to the Sicilians. Thus I shall be forced to make my invasion of Italy at the north of the peninsula.