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What enabled Alexius to defend the Balkan Peninsula until the death of Robert Guiscard, when the Normans temporarily withdrew (1085)?

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Alexius obtained Venetian help at the price of valuable commercial privileges. This and a truce with the Seljuk Turks enabled him to defend the Balkan Peninsula until the death of Robert Guiscard, when the Normans temporarily withdrew (1085).

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