 They were headquartered at the castle of Afranji, which means "Franks," near Harput on the Euphrates.Some of the Normans were at Edessa, Philaretus' capital, and at Antioch, where Italian traders from Amalfi and Bari continued to find access to Eastern goods despite the troubled times in the region, with the recent coming of the Seljuk horde.Raimbaud himself did not lead his troops long.