- Pardos
Pardos was the
catepan of Italy briefly in 1042 following the short term of the brilliantGeorge Maniaches .In July 1042, Maniaches was disgraced and recalled by
Constantine IX Monomachos at the behest ofRomanus Sclerus , brother of the emperor's mistress. According toJohannes Skylitzes , Romanus had even raped Maniaches' wife. In September 1042, [The year is given as 1043 byLupus Protospatharius , but he begins his year in September.] Pardo arrived with an army atOtranto to take over command from Maniaches. According toLupus Protospatharius , he brought achrysobull , but the meaning of this is uncertain. [Chalandon, p. 103 (n8).] Pardos was accompanied byNicholas, Archbishop of Bari , who, though under the jurisdiction of theRoman see , was apparently a Byzantine loyal, and by Tubachi, a "protospatharius ". It is probable that the archbishop had joined the catepan in a prior landing, during which the Greeks had negotiated with the Lombard rebel leaderArgyrus . Subsequently, Argyrus abandoned the Lombard cause for the Greek. Pardos and Tubachi were arrested at Otranto, however, and executed by Maniaches, who was acclaimed emperor by his troops.References
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*Chalandon, Ferdinand. "Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie".
Paris , 1907.
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