. "Battle of Sartene (Yarmuk)"@en . "The Battle of Sartene was the crushing victory necessary for the Byzantines to instill their suzerainty over all of Italy. Their comprehensive victory over the Septimanian Grand Company showed that Byzantine military technology far exceeded the capacity of even the most powerful of the Western maritime nations - and succeeded in bringing Corsica under Byzantine control. The Lombards, the cause of the dispute, soon found that their alliance with the Byzantines had only replaced one oppressor with another, more powerful overlord."@en . . . "The Battle of Sartene was the crushing victory necessary for the Byzantines to instill their suzerainty over all of Italy. Their comprehensive victory over the Septimanian Grand Company showed that Byzantine military technology far exceeded the capacity of even the most powerful of the Western maritime nations - and succeeded in bringing Corsica under Byzantine control. The Lombards, the cause of the dispute, soon found that their alliance with the Byzantines had only replaced one oppressor with another, more powerful overlord."@en . .