Basil Theodorocanus

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Basil Theodorocanus (Italian: Teodoro Cano) briefly served as Byzantine Catepan of Italy. He was a patrician and a former companion in arms of George Maniaches when he was appointed to go to Apulia and Calabria and put down the revolts of Maniaches and Argyrus in 1042. In February 1043, he landed at Bari. Argyrus and his Normans tried to surround Otranto, but the catepan's fleet blocked them. Maniaches, however, debarked for Durazzo with his army. Argyrus eventually made peace with the Greeks and Theodorocanus was replaced by Eustathios Palatinos.

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  • Gay, Jules. L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904.
  • Chalandon, Ferdinand. Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie. Paris, 1907.
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