149:, the first to set foot in Italy since 1058. Overall command thus passed to the catapan and the position of the merarch was downgraded. In 1062, the Normans took the offensive, capturing Brindisi and Oria. The merarch was captured in the fighting at Brindisi. The annalist
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118:. These were the first Byzantine victories over the Normans since the latter's arrival in southern Italy. In 1061, the merarch advanced north into Norman territory, laying siege to the walled town of
243:, PhD dissertation (University of Toronto, 1979), pp. 132 & 237–238, suggests that Lupus Protospatharius is referring to a merarch under the year 998, where his annal reads
309:(Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1883), p. 408n, suggests that Maruli was the merarch, appointed catapan in 1061. He points out that the merarch was captured and Maruli replaced by
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292:loc. cit.
62:merarches
57:merarches
45:Byzantine
35:Miriarcha
340:op. cit.
338:Delarc,
327:op. cit.
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172:Anonymus
143:Manduria
139:Acerenza
108:Brindisi
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