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Argyrus (catepan of Italy)

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25: 213:, defected with the catepan's ransom money to the Greeks and was replaced by Argyrus. After some early successes, Argyrus also defected to the Byzantines. It is assumed that he received a bribe of money from 363: 54: 206: 353: 220:
When the revolt in Apulia was suppressed, the Byzantines, under advice from Argyrus, who travelled to Constantinople and received the title of "
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Argyrus was catepan until 1058. Little is known about him after that date: he perhaps died in 1068 at Bari,
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Upon the defeat of Melus, who had rebelled against the Byzantines, at the
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as prisoners. He was out of confinement by 1038, when he returned to
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to counter the emergence of the Norman menace in the area. One
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revolted against their Greek overlords, with the support of
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in 1018, Argyrus and his mother were captured and taken to
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Lombard
Byzantine general
Melus
Bari
battle of Cannae
Constantinople
Apulia
Byzantine
Sicily
Norman
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southern Italy
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catepan
Nikephoros Dokeianos
first victory
Michael Dokeianos
Olivento
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