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An arab traveller, writing in 977, described Amalfi as "... the most prosperous Lombard city, the most noble, the most illustrious for its conditions, the most wealthy and opulent. The territory of Amalfi borders that of Naples; a beautiful city, but less important than Amalfi."
During the tenth and eleventh centuries, the REPUBLIC or DUCHY of AMALFI was an independent state with the same name of the south Italian city.
Amalfi developed as a major commercial centre, its fleets travelling widely. The Amalfitans established close relations with the Arabs. They also maintained connections with Byzantium, symbolised by the Amalfitan monastery which was founded on Mount Athos in the late 10th century.
These developments contributed to Amalfi becoming one of the wealthier centres in southern Italy.
On the death of Duke Sergius IV in 1073, Amalfi placed itself under the protection of Robert "Guiscard" Duke of Apulia.
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