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Basil Boioannes — Basil III, called Boioannes (Βασίλειος Βοϊωάννης) in Greek and Bugiano in Italian, was the Byzantine catapan of Italy (1017 [Catherine Holmes, University College, Oxford [http://www.roman emperors.org/basilii.htm Roman Emperors DIR Basil II] ]… … Wikipedia
Basil (name) — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Basil imagesize= caption= pronunciation= BAZ el [IPA|ˈbæzɪl] gender = Male meaning = royal, kingly region = origin = Greek related names = Basile, Basilic, Basilides, Basileios, Basilie, Basilio, Basilius, Bazeel … Wikipedia
Exaugustus Boioannes — Exaugustus Boiοannes ( it. Exaugusto Bugiano), son of the famous Basil Boioannes, was also a catepan of Italy, from 1041 [Chalandon, p 99. Amatus of Montecassino, John Skylitzes, and the Annales Barenses place his arrival in 1041, but Lupus… … Wikipedia
Norman conquest of southern Italy — The Kingdom of Sicily (in green) in 1154, representing the extent of Norman conquest in Italy over several decades of activity by independent adventurers The Norman conquest of southern Italy spanned the late eleventh and much of the twelfth… … Wikipedia
Varangians — The Varangians or Varyags (Old Norse: Væringjar, Greek: Βάραγγοι, Βαριάγοι, Váraggoi / Varyágoi , Ukrainian and Russian: Варяги, Varyahy / Varyagi ), sometimes referred to as Variagians , were Vikings, [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article… … Wikipedia
Catepanate of Italy — The Catepanate (or Catapanate) of Italy (Greek: polytonic|κατεπανίκιον Ἰταλίας) was a province of the Byzantine Empire, comprising mainland Italy south of a line drawn from Monte Gargano to the Gulf of Salerno. Amalfi and Naples, although north… … Wikipedia
11th century — As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century is the period from 1001 to 1100 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian/Common Era. In the history of European culture, this period is considered the early part of the… … Wikipedia
Christophoros Burgaris — Christopher or Christophoros Burgaris was the short tenured successor of the famous Basil Boiannes as catepan of Italy. The chronicler Lupus Protospatharius gives the date of Boiannes departure as 1029, but modern historian Ferdinand Chalandon… … Wikipedia
Rainulf Drengot — (also Ranulph, Ranulf, or Rannulf) was a Norman adventurer and the first count of Aversa (1030 ndash;1045). When one of Rainulf s numerous brothers, Osmond, was exiled by Richard I of Normandy for the murder of one of his kin, Rainulf, Osmond,… … Wikipedia
Battle of Cannae (1018) — The Battle of Cannae took place in 1018 between the Byzantines under the Catepan of Italy Basil Boioannes and the Lombards under Melus of Bari. The Lombards had also hired some Norman mercenaries under their leader Gilbert Buatère. The battle was … Wikipedia
