-
concrete reference to a
prōtospatharios occurs in the
Chronicle of
Theophanes the Confessor, who
records "Sergios,
prōtospatharios and stratēgos of Sicily"...
-
Michael Protospatharios (Italian:
Michele Protospatario) was the
Byzantine catepan of
Italy from 1031 to 1033. He was sent to Bari
after his predecessor...
- Sico (Italian: Sicone) (died 1054) was a
Byzantine protospatharios leading troops in
Italy from
about 1052. He had a
Lombard name,
though he was a Gr****...
- monk and
saint Orestes,
prōtospatharios,
attended the 869
Church council in
Constantinople Nikephoros Tzourakes,
prōtospatharios, mid-9th/10th century,...
- of
Byzantine Emperor John
Tzimiskes (969–976). The seal
belonged to
protospatharios and
katepano of Ras
named John.
After 976, the
region was dominated...
-
Byzantine catapan of
Italy from 1033 to 1038. He
replaced Michael Protospatharios. The
record of a
strategos named Leo Opos, sent to
Italy at
about the...
- (888–891)
Symbatikos Protospatharios (891–892)
Georgios Patrikios (892–894)
Barsakios (894–895)
Melissenos (899–905)
Ioannikios Protospatharios (911) Nicholas...
- 1046 to 1081 ,initially as a
Byzantine v****al
holding the
title of
protospatharios, then
after 1077 as
nominally serving Pope
Gregory VII,
styled as "King...
-
reference to Venice's
subordinate status.
Titles like hypatos, spatharios,
protospatharios,
protosebastos and
protoproedros were
granted by the
emperor to the...
- time, the
court dignities they held rose to the much
loftier ranks of
prōtospatharios ('first sword-bearer') and even
patrikios ('patrician'). The Escorial...
