{"slug": "catepanate-of-italy", "label": "Catepanate of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catepanate_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1814277", "qid": "Q1814277", "description": "province of the Byzantine Empire in the Italian Peninsula (965–1071)", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [967, 1071], "span_label": ["967 CE", "1071 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "norman-conquest-of-southern-italy", "label": "Norman conquest of southern Italy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "western-europe", "label": "Western Europe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monte-cassino", "label": "Monte Cassino", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "salerno", "label": "Salerno", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The imperial delegation arrives in Macedonia, but goes nowhere with Nikephoros II. Far from offering Byzantine Italy as dowry for Theophano, Nikephoros refuses to accept the claims of Otto I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Europe", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 981, "year_label": "981 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Otto II (the Red) leads the imperial court to Rome, making the city his imperial capital, and receives nobles from all parts of Western Europe. Otto makes plans to conquer Byzantine Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366191661#Europe", "title": "981", "revid": 1366191661, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1009, "year_label": "1009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus, an Italian nobleman, revolt in Bari against the Catepanate of Italy (a province of the Byzantine Empire). He and his brother-in-law Dattus (or Datto) mobilise a large army and invade southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910037#Europe", "title": "1009", "revid": 1341910037, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "John Kourkouas, Byzantine catepan (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Deaths", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1011, "year_label": "1011 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Lombard Revolt: Mahmoud the Fat of Bari rises up against the Lombard rebels, led by Melus, and delivers the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy. Melus is forced to flee to Salerno, and his brother-in-law Dattus escapes to Monte Cassino, but their families are taken captive, and carted off to Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368048875#Europe", "title": "1011", "revid": 1368048875, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1040, "year_label": "1040 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine governor of the Catepanate of Italy, is murdered by Lombard rebels at Ascoli. He is replaced by Michael Dokeianos, who arrives in November with a Varangian army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365593173#Europe", "title": "1040", "revid": 1365593173, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1041, "year_label": "1041 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Battle of Montepeloso: Lombard-Norman rebel forces, led by William, defeat the Byzantines at Montepeloso. During the battle, Boioannes, governor of the Catepanate of Italy, is captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365267586#Europe", "title": "1041", "revid": 1365267586, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1042, "year_label": "1042 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Zoë recalls Synodianos, governor of the Catepanate of Italy, and replaces him with George Maniakes (the disgraced head of the Sicilian campaign). All of Apulia is in the hands of the Lombard rebels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130047#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1042", "revid": 1350130047, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1042, "year_label": "1042 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pardos, Byzantine governor (catepan) of Italy", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130047#Deaths", "title": "1042", "revid": 1350130047, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1043, "year_label": "1043 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos sends a Byzantine expeditionary force to the Balkans against the rebellious George Maniakes, governor of the Catepanate of Italy. The two armies meet near Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The rebel army – better organized, seasoned and with superior leadership – is initially successful, but Maniakes is killed by an arrow at the moment of his triumph. After this, his army is routed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365591040#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1043", "revid": 1365591040, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1071, "year_label": "1071 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Siege of Bari: The capital of Bari, the last Byzantine-controlled city in the Catepanate of Italy, is captured by Italo-Norman forces under Duke Robert Guiscard after a 32-month siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332932306#Europe", "title": "1071", "revid": 1332932306, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}