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87:, to flee. Basil entered the city on June 11, 1011 and reestablished Byzantine authority. He did not follow his victory up with any severe reactions. He simply sent the family of Melus, including his son 103:, which monastery was sheltering Dattus on its lands. Basil nevertheless confirmed all the privileges of the monastery over its property in Greek territory. The abbot, 115:. The monastery then promptly expelled Dattus and he fled to papal territory. Basil held the Greek catapanate in peace until his death in 1016, or, according to 162:, places the start of each calendar year in September, hence events placed on a given year may have actually occurred late in the preceding year. 17: 274: 91:, to Constantinople. Basil's next move was to ally to the Roman Empire as many Lombard principalities as possible. He visited 104: 269: 131: 88: 50: 159: 246: 83:. The Greek citizens of the city negotiated with Basil and forced the Lombard leaders, Melus and 66: 229: 96: 116: 264: 8: 209: 191: 135: 112: 174:. Some Notes on the Byzantine Prosopography of the Ninth through the Twelfth Centuries. 171: 46: 236: 42: 108: 139: 62: 34: 258: 127: 100: 58: 126:
Modern scholars such as Guilou and Vannier identify Basil Mesardonites with
76: 61:, early in 1010. In March, Basil disembarked with reinforcements from 71: 199: 54: 92: 203: 84: 217: 80: 49:
there, from 1010 to 1016 or 1017. He succeeded the catapan
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Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicile
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was nominally a Byzantine vassal. He then moved on to
142:to have also been active against Melus's rebels. 256: 119:, 1017. He was replaced by the aforementioned 158:Lupus Protospatharius, as per the Byzantine 134:family and a brother of the future emperor 79:. Basil immediately besieged the rebels in 27:Catapan of Italy from 1010 to 1016/1017 14: 257: 138:, who is reported by the chronicler 24: 196:The Normans in the South 1016–1130 25: 286: 275:11th-century catepans of Italy 165: 152: 13: 1: 145: 7: 18:Basileios, Catepan of Italy 10: 291: 185: 57:, then in rebellion under 243: 234: 226: 38: 53:, who died fighting the 247:Leo Tornikios Kontoleon 107:, was a brother of the 67:Leo Tornikios Kontoleon 39:Βασίλειος Μεσαρντονίτης 117:Lupus Protospatharius 41:, died 1016) was the 241:1010 – 1016 or 1017 210:Chalandon, Ferdinand 192:Norwich, John Julius 123:of Cephalonia, Leo. 45:, representing the 270:Byzantine generals 172:Kazhdan, Alexander 130:, a member of the 97:Prince Guaimar III 95:in October, where 31:Basil Mesardonites 253: 252: 244:Succeeded by 178:12 (1987): 63–76. 47:Byzantine Emperor 16:(Redirected from 282: 237:Catepan of Italy 227:Preceded by 224: 223: 179: 169: 163: 156: 43:Catapan of Italy 40: 21: 290: 289: 285: 284: 283: 281: 280: 279: 255: 254: 249: 240: 232: 188: 183: 182: 170: 166: 157: 153: 148: 109:prince of Capua 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 288: 278: 277: 272: 267: 251: 250: 245: 242: 233: 228: 222: 221: 207: 187: 184: 181: 180: 164: 150: 149: 147: 144: 140:John Skylitzes 63:Constantinople 51:John Kourkouas 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 287: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 262: 260: 248: 239: 238: 231: 225: 219: 215: 211: 208: 205: 201: 197: 193: 190: 189: 177: 173: 168: 161: 155: 151: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 101:Monte Cassino 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 73: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 36: 32: 19: 235: 230:John Curcuas 213: 195: 176:Byz. Forsch. 175: 167: 154: 125: 120: 70: 30: 29: 265:1016 deaths 136:Romanos III 259:Categories 160:convention 146:References 113:Pandulf IV 77:Cephalonia 121:strategos 72:strategos 200:Longmans 55:Lombards 220:, 1907. 206:, 1967. 186:Sources 132:Argyros 105:Atenulf 93:Salerno 89:Argyrus 204:London 85:Dattus 69:, the 218:Paris 128:Basil 59:Melus 35:Greek 81:Bari 65:and 75:of 261:: 216:. 212:. 202:: 198:. 194:. 111:, 37:: 33:( 20:)

Index

Basileios, Catepan of Italy
Greek
Catapan of Italy
Byzantine Emperor
John Kourkouas
Lombards
Melus
Constantinople
Leo Tornikios Kontoleon
strategos
Cephalonia
Bari
Dattus
Argyrus
Salerno
Prince Guaimar III
Monte Cassino
Atenulf
prince of Capua
Pandulf IV
Lupus Protospatharius
Basil
Argyros
Romanos III
John Skylitzes
convention
Kazhdan, Alexander
Norwich, John Julius
Longmans
London

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