Low and high medieval

The fortune of Oria in medivial has to be thanked to the jewish community. Illustrious poets, doctors and philosophers comes from Oria. The jewis professors distuing themselves in the study of torah.

He first bishop presence comes from 606 a.C. Bishop Reparato. A lot of the news coming from this era cant be confirmed due to the greek goth war. The importance of Oria growth in contrast of Brindisi wich it was fallen. The reason of its success most likely is because of its position better defendable, And population from the country was coming in to the city. Oria in the VI and VII century maintain the title of civitas. After Oria became a transiction territory between bizantini e longobardi: as a fact in the city supposed to be a border between longobardi and bizantini.

Emperor Ludovico II in 867 went to Oria to freed it from the Saraceni and he also took the city from the longobardi. Oria was one of the main city for the longobardi also because of its tactical positions. In 880 oria fell under bizantin dominium and was put under the command of Gaideris di Benevento. In 924 the city was out under siege by the bizantini, a lot of fatalities and a lot of jews and ”oritani” were deported as slave to Africa. However the city was still maintaining a importante role., unitl it was completetly destroyed in 977. The city was still under the Bizantino Dominum, however during the XI century Oria fell under the norman Unfredo di Altavilla.