Quote Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on
Roger II outshines and simply out-kings his great uncle. If only by the virtue that he was more successful in keeping those dangerous, unruly barons under his control.

And, don't know about you, but Bohemond's life of adventure was equal if not more impressive than that of his father.
Hm...

Well, Roger had a more favourable set of circumstances, in my opinion. Guiscard had very little aid and a great number of very powerful enemies. I'm not saying that Roger II didn't have an uncomfortable start, but I don't think he had the same difficulty establishing power to begin.

Bohemond is possibly more interesting, probably not more impressive. Guiscard threatened to take the Byzantine empire and was only stopped by a fever at the age of about sixty or seventy. Sadly, Bohemond's defeat at the hands of Alexius prevented any hope of a Norman Greece