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concrete reference to a
prōtospatharios occurs in the
Chronicle of
Theophanes the Confessor, who
records "Sergios,
prōtospatharios and stratēgos of Sicily"...
- 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****...
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Michael Protospatharios (Italian:
Michele Protospatario) was the
Byzantine catepan of
Italy from 1031 to 1033. He was sent to Bari
after his predecessor...
- 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...
- of
Byzantine Emperor John
Tzimiskes (969–976). The seal
belonged to
protospatharios and
katepano of Ras
named John.
After 976, the
region was dominated...
- monk and
saint Orestes,
prōtospatharios,
attended the 869
Church council in
Constantinople Nikephoros Tzourakes,
prōtospatharios, mid-9th/10th century,...
-
first appointed him
manglabites (possibly
identified with the
title protospatharios), a
soldier of the
imperial guard,
after the
Sicilian campaign. Following...
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seals as
taxiarches (commander of an
infantry regiment), as well as
protospatharios and
topoteretes (deputy commander) of the
Tagmata of Cappadocia, then...
- Taron, was
accepted in
Constantinople and was
awarded the
title of
protospatharios and
later the
title of
patrikios (patrician). Abu Ghanim's son, T‘ornik...
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incorporated a part of the
upper officialdom;
every official from the rank of
protospatharios (literally "first sword-bearer";
originally the head of the Emperor's...
