Certainty: 1 Inadequate plans of Konstantinos VIII for the future of his daughters. The three daughters of Konstantinos (VIII) grew up in the palace after the death of their mother, Helena. Eudokia, whose appearance was disfigured by disease, persuaded her father to dedicate her to a monastery, but Zoe (I) and Theodora (I) grew up accepting life in the palace without seeking to influence their future. Neither Basileios II nor Konstantinos VIII, when he took over rule, made any public decisions worthy of an emperor in their respect, till the end of Konstantinos' life. He then used Zoe, the most imperial of his daughters, to establish the succession
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos VIII suspected rebels everywhere & blinded them (unspecific). He frequently used the punishment of blinding, which he regarded as lighter than other physical penalties. He often blinded people on a mere accusation, usually because he claimed they were planning revolt. Those he blinded were often more worthy than those he promoted.
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos VIII pursued a past vendetta against Konstantinos Bourtzes by blinding him. Konstantinos Bourtzes used to report to Basileios II about the licentious actions of Konstantinos VIII before he ascended the throne. As soon as Konstantinos VIII achieved sole power he had Bourtzes blinded
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos freed political prisoners & promoted the elite to new dignities. As soon as he was proclaimed sole emperor, he set free all those imprisoned for rebellion, like Nikephoros Phokas and Nikephoros Xiphias. He bestowed rises in dignity, confirming provincial governors appointed by Basileios II. But he (like Basileios II and Romanos III) did not promote Konstantinos (IX) Monomachos, as a man of poor judgement - though, as an imperial relative, he was prominent in the palace
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos announced his accession in Georgia & invited prince Bagrat to Constantinople.
Certainty: 1 Drought throughout reign of Konstantinos VIII. No persons mentioned
Certainty: 1 All unpaid taxes cruelly exacted by Konstantinos VIII. He exacted two years of taxes left over from the reign of Basileios II, as well as those for the three years of his own reign, despite the fact that these three years had been marked by a very severe drought. As a result the poor were badly worn down
Certainty: 1 Capture of Archesh by Nikephoros Komnenos. Nikephoros Komnenos, governor of Vaspurakan, conquered Archesh for the Roman Empire
Certainty: 0 Leon (?), uncle of Ioannes Mauropous, sent to Bulgaria as a missionary. The uncle of Ioannes Mauropous [perhaps named Leon], was sent to Bulgaria as a missionary. He was splendidly successful, converting the whole people
Certainty: 0 A receipt wrongly issued was judged not to affect the ownership of money. Leon, as epitropos of a young man, signed a receipt that a man owing his charge money had paid the debt, though he only knew of the payment at second hand; the debtor tried to use the receipt to retain the money, but the court cancelled it
Certainty: 0 Trial of Protokarabos in a case involving the definitions of rape & seduction. In the trial of Protokarabos, an ex-censor declared that sex during an attack on a house with accomplices (whatever the attitude of the woman) was rape, while private intercourse where the womans consent was claimed was the corruption of a virgin, as in the case of Protokarabos
Certainty: 0 Sale of a vineyard in the area of the kastron of Chrysopolis. Ioannes Heptapsychos, hegoumenos of Meleai on Athos, appointed the monk Elias to be epitropos of his will. After his death, Elias sold a vineyard of his in the area of the kastron of Chrysopolis to Photios metropolitan of Philippi (and again, apparently, to Nikolaos spatharokandidatos and strategos). This would cause a dispute between Nikolaos and Photios' successor
Certainty: 0 Cadaster of Thebes: list of those perhaps belonging to the second generation before the document. Just over 50 of the references in the cadastral document refer to those probably first inscribed in the version before the penultimate version of the cadaster, a version copied and then copied again to make the surviving document. The cadaster in question my have been written around 1025
Certainty: 1 Reggio restored (or captured & destroyed?) by katepano Boioannes ("Vulcanus"). Basileios Boioannes the katepano restored (?) Reggio (after a pirate raid? after a defeat by the Arabs?) [perhaps in connection with the operations of Orestes, aimed at Sicily]
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios arranged with great precision to confiscate property of the traitor Bourtzes. Bourtzes left his three children inheritances in three different categories: immediate legacies for each, more for later division by his wife (e.g. at marriage), plus rules for inheritance from any sibling who died. When one of the sons became a traitor, Eustathios Romaios was careful to confiscate his entitlement under each heading, while ensuring that his mother had enough to live on for the rest of her life
Certainty: 0 Stories of Lazaros of Mt Galesion & his monks at the first pillar (Saviour). Soon after Lazaros of Galesion (near Ephesos) went from the cave of Paphnoutios to his first pillar at the monastery of the Saviour, another monk, Antonios, moved into the cave. He was badly tempted by demons who threw stones at him, beat him up, or called his name and showed him visions. Another monk, Ioannes, while praying at night in the gorge on the mountain, suddeenly saw a sow with its piglets at his feet; he ran away and never returned there. Lazaros had the heathen Ioannikios baptised and then tonsured him. Ioannikios showed faith and obedience, carrying out many tasks and becoming cellarer. One day he ordered the future monk Neilos to show the way back to some laymen who had come to receive a blessing. As he returned in daylight under clear skies, he suddenly found himself in complete darkness. He went home by following the stars, but as he reached the Saviour he could see nothing but its dome. He called to Ioannikios who responded; the darkeness lifted at once and he entered the monastery. Ioannikios learned to read and was ordained priest, but later became arrogant
Certainty: 0 Marriage of Isaakios (I) to Aikaterine, eldest daughter of Samuel of Bulgaria. The future emperor Isaakios (I) Komnenos was married to Aikaterine, the eldest daughter of tsar Samuel of Bulgaria
Certainty: 0 Birth of Michael Attaleiates to Eirenikos & Kale in a foreign land. Michael Attaleiates was probably born in this decade in a foreign land. His parents were Eirenikos and Kale, who provided him with a pious upbringing and a good education. Despite his foreign origins, he was able to acquire the necessities of life (probably in the capital), while he gained his education
Certainty: 0 Tax of village of Dobrobikeia adjusted for Iveron by the epoptes Thomas. Thomas, an epoptes operating in Macedonia, exempted the 24 (?) villagers of Dobrobikeia from tax totalling 10 and 5/8 nomismata [more or less a complete cancellation of the village's tax, the result of some serious event which had turned the village into klasmatic land]
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos VIII gave generous remissions of allelengyon.
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos appointed to the highest positions worthless persons, often his own eunuchs. The intimates and highest ministers of Konstantinos VIII were those whom he had castrated in early youth and kept as chamberlains and attendants, men neither noble nor freeborn, but pagans and barbarians. Nikolaos was made domestikos of the scholai and parakoimomenos, Nikephoros protovestiarios and Symeon droungarios of the vigla. All three of them received the dignity of proedros. He appointed Eustratios megas hetaireiarches, another eunuch called Spondyles he made doux of Antioch, and Niketas of Pisidia he made doux of Iberia. He gave them money by the wagonload and they caused great uproar and confusion, almost destoying the empire, which had been governed well since the days of the emperor's father Romanos II
Certainty: 1 Report of Eustathios Romaios on the validity of the marriage of Ioannes & Maria. Theoktistos abducted his nephew Ioannes and the latter's fiancée Maria in an armed attack, which Ioannes himself condemned as ending in unholy union between Theoktistos and Maria; she was set up in her own house with her mother, and Ioannes still planned marriage. Theoktistos' offence was heard before the emperor, Petros the eparchos and Eustathios Romaios, who wrote a report on the whole violent story and punished Theoktistos. Ioannes married Maria, but Niketas Gypsokopos, under a cloak of rectitude, tried in two ways to undermine the valid marriage between Ioannes and Maria, first concentrating on their abduction by Theoktistos, then on wider issues of consanguinity. Niketas' attempt failed, since an elaborate test by old women proved conclusively that Maria's virginity was intact, maybe because Theoktistos' lust was tamed by a wish to persuade, not compel its beautiful object. Equally the number of degrees of separation between her and Ioannes were found to be sufficient, since Maria was not the first cousin of another Maria, as Niketas had alleged, but belonged to an earlier generation, so that it was not a case of brothers marrying first cousins. Eustathios with his hypomnema maintained the marriage
Certainty: 1 Konstantinos promoted Romanos (III) Argyropoulos to patrikios & eparchos. As soon as Konstantinos VIII succeeded to the throne, he promoted Romanos (III) from protospatharios to patrikios, and from krites to eparchos of Constantinople. Later he gave him the additional position of oikonomos of the Great Church (Hagia Sophia)
Certainty: 1 Nikephoros Komnenos fought Saracens in Media, but was dismissed & imprisoned. Nikephoros Komnenos fought against the Saracens in Media and exhorted his fleeing soldiers to oppose the enemy, making them take an oath set in a written contract that they would die in battle with him. When Konstantinos VIII heard of this Nikephoros was removed from office. Skylitzes states that the accusations made against him were fabricated, but Aristakes claims that he had conspired with Georgi of Abchasia. he was captured by the army of Cappadocia when his tent was brought down over him. He was removed from office and imprisoned in a fort with a number of his fellow conspirators
Certainty: 1 Bardas Phokas (grandson of Bardas) condemned for treason on trumped-up charge & blinded. Bardas Phokas, grandson of the famous rebel Bardas, was condemned for treason and blinded, perhaps after the release by Konstantinos VIII of some of those imprisoned for revolting against his brother. Skylitzes claims the charge was false, Yahya implies that some of those punished were innocent
Certainty: 1 Revolt of people of Naupaktos against strategos brutally put down. The people of Naupaktos felt badly treated by their strategos, Georgios also known as Morogeorgios, who taxed them unfairly, and so they revolted against him and murdered him. The rebellion was put down with great severity, including the blinding of their metropolitan.
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios defended a poor man whose land had been appropriated by Triakontaphyllos patrikios. Triakontaphyllos the patrikios combined his estate near the Acheirpoieton with that of a poor man, for which he did not pay. After his death the poor man protested, and Eustathios Romaios (as exaktor) moved against Triakontaphyllos' land so as to enrich his poor neighbour
Certainty: 1 Michael Psellos (aged 8) sent by his mother for more difficult studies, against the wishes of other family members. Theodote, mother of Michael Psellos, took the initiative to send him, at the age of eight, at his own wish, for more difficult studies, against some opposition from family members. She saw two dreams (one only reported by one of her brothers) of major religious figures urging her to get a good education for her son
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios fined the heirs of the late Komnenos for seeking to break his pledge by just returning the money. The wife of an epi tou kanikleiou (?) had accepted a pledge from Komnenos in their agreement for him to purchase an estate from her, but he died before he could complete the purchase. The latter's heirs sought to give back the estate and reclaim the pledge. But Eustathios Romaios declared this unacceptable: if they did not complete the purchase, they had to pay the fine that Eustathios imposed. In this he defeated the eparchos in a trial before the emperor
Certainty: 1 List of persons suspected of revolt & punished, mostly by blinding. A number of people - Romanos Kourkouas, Bogdanos, Glabas, Goudelios, the monk Zacharias and probably his kinsman Theudatos (Pheudatos) - were suspected by Konstantinos VIII of plotting against him and blinded, with the exception of Zacharias, whose tongue was slit. The list perhaps covers the whole reign after 1026
Certainty: 3 Neara including anathema against those whose shield shows an attack on state authority.
Certainty: 3 Novel of Konstantinos VIII & Alexios Stoudites on punishment of rebels. The emperor Konstantinos VIII and the patriarch Alexios Stoudites promulgated and signed with the synod a novel punishing with anathema those who rebelled against the emperor or incited the population to revolt
Certainty: 2 Arab attack on Cyclades defeated by Byzantine strategoi. Georgios Theodorokanos, strategos of Samos, fought against an Arab fleet that attacked the Cyclades, and with the help of the strategos of Chios Beriboes he chased them away, capturing twelve ships and dispersing the others
Certainty: 3 Terrible earthquake at Constantinople. No persons mentioned
Certainty: 1 Pothos Argyros captured Nasr ibn Musharraf al-Rawadifi (ruler of border villages) & held him at Antioch. Nasr ibn Musharraf al Rawadif, the ruler of some border villages, was captured by Pothos Argyros and detained in Antioch. But the prisoner realised that Michael Spondyles, who had assumed power in Antioch, had an unstable character. To exploit this, he promised to give the Romans enormous assistance, provided he was set free
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios pronounced on the dowry of the wife of the nephew of the droungarios. The wife of the nephew of a droungarios sued the krites Kampanarios, epitropos of Galatas, for her dowry. He first claimed that there was insufficient money, then spoke of an earlier document, the marital agreement of his (Galatas' or Kampanarios' ?) deceased sister. The latter's marriage contract stipulated what would happen to part of her dowry if she died without issue, as seems to have occurred. It is not clear (partly through textual corruption) how this affected the dowry of the wife of the droungarios' nephew. Eustathios Romaios gave precedence to the latter with her subsequent agreement
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios decided the division of property after the divorce of the daughter of Gorgoploutos. The daughter of magistros Gorgoploutos sued the epitropoi of her father's will for its remaining surplus. But Eustathios Romaios (as exaktor) stated that epitropoi who did their job according to the will could not be sued by those who had received the bequest they were due. She was later divorced from her husband. Lands listed in her marital agreement with him became her dowry, but fields not so listed remained hers. It was decided in court, after their divorce, that her ex-husband must return to her all revenue received from the latter fields
Certainty: 0 The estate of Vivarion was sold by Maria, daughter of Michael, & her husband to Pikrides. In a sale reflected in a court case two decades later, Maria, daughter of Michael (brother of the kouboukleisios Leon) and her husband sold the estate Vivarion to the father of Basileios Pikrides. The first sale document was invalid, and so a second was executed to remedy the problem. After her husband's death, Maria tried to recover the estate: there was a hearing at which Basileios' father had to make a cash payment
Certainty: 0 Refurbishment of Bouleuteria by Eustratios of Lavra. Eustratios, the hegoumenos of Lavra, spent 520 nomismata in refurbishing the monastery of Bouleuteria. He declared that all the expenses for its church, cells and other buildings as well as for its vineyards were incurred by Lavra
Certainty: 2 Pecheneg invasion of Bulgaria driven back across Danube by Konstantinos Diogenes. Konstantinos VIII appointed Konstantinos Diogenes as doux of Bulgaria. He fought Pecheneg invaders on several occasions and drove them away, forcing them back across the Danube to live in peace
Certainty: 2 Arab raids in Syria, attack on Antioch, defeat of its doux Michael Spondyles. The Arab ruler of Aleppo (Salih b. Mirdas?) made incessant raids and afflicted Antioch and the neighbouring nations which were subject to the Romans. When Michael Spondyles, doux of Antioch, wished to prove his youth and courage by campaigning against him, he was defeated and withdrew in embarrassment to Antioch
Certainty: 3 Correspondence between patriarch Alexios I, Theophanes metropolitan of Thessalonike & others. Chaldos made a donation of gold to the church of the Holy Apostles (Thessalonike), about the administration of which the metropolitan of Thessalonike Theophanes subsequently wrote to the patriarch Alexios I. He also raised the issue of the bath of Hagios Demetrios. The patriarch wrote on these subjects to the krites (?) of the theme, asking him to investigate. In another letter, Theophanes asked Alexios' opinion on the validity of the betrothal of the daughter of Theodoros Karmalikios to the son of Basileios Kalokairos. A relative of Basileios had abducted his son's fiancee. Alexios replied that the betrothal was valid, unless the abduction had been followed by sexual intercourse
Certainty: 2 Testament of monk Nikodemos for monastery of Nea Gephyra near Lakedaimon.
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios insisted that women receive their dowries before tonsure. Eustathios Romaios argued with Petros the eparchos over procedure for a woman's divorce and tonsure. Petros placed tonsure before reception of the dowry, Eustathios the opposite - correctly, for she must know the details of her dowry to make her will before tonsure
Certainty: 2 At death of Giorgi I of Georgia, his son Bagrat IV succeeded as a minor, under his mother's guidance. Georgi I, king of Georgia, died, to be succeeded by his son, Bagrat IV, who was still a minor, under his mother's guidance. Bagrat had recently been sent back from Constantinople. He was advised to claim back fortresses given by his father Georgi I to Basileios II
Certainty: 2 After a year of captivity, Nikephoros Komnenos & eight colleagues were blinded. He was not punished for a whole year after his capture by Konstantinos VIII, who took the time to investigate the matter, and then ordered him and eight of his fellow conspirators blinded.
Certainty: 1 Completion of S. Nikolaos de Monte.
Certainty: 2 Georgian attempt to recover fortresses from Byzantium was stopped by parakoimomenos Nikolaos (Symeon). When Konstantinos VIII heard that the Georgians had reoccupied the fortresses previously ceded by them, he sent the demestikos of the scholai and parakoimomenos Nikolaos (or the droungarios Symeon, according to Aristakes) with an army to Abchasia, to stop the Georgian attacks
Certainty: 1 Iberian magnates expelled from estates by Niketas of Pisidia; grants of dignities in western lands. Konstantinos VIII sent Niketas of Pisidia as governor of the east. He arrived in Georgia, tricked a number of 'azat' (the free nobility) to abandon their estates, and sent them to the capital. There they were rewarded with gifts and sealed letters granting them properties and dignities commensurate with the value of what they had given up.
Certainty: 0 Himerios Solomon was condemned for rape in the absence of Eustathios Romaios as anagrapheus. Himerios Solomon desired the daughter of Teichiotes, had intercourse with her without the knowledge of her father and she became pregnant. When her father found out, Himerios and she took sanctuary in a church. He claimed he wished to marry her, but his own father, since Himerios was still under age, put off the marriage until his death [possibly providing an excuse]. When his father died, Himerios refused this marriage and decided quickly on another. The case against him was brought on by imperial decree. Romanos III (who tried the case just before becoming emperor and found it a challenge), wanted him, if he refused to marry her, to suffer physical punishment, while other judges suggested just a fine of one litra. Himerios was ordered to marry the daughter of Gregorios Solomon [presumably from a distant part of the Solomon family]. Eustathios Romaios as patrikios was absent, doing the work of an anagrapheus
Certainty: 3 Synodal decision on ownership & management of monasteries. The patriarch Alexios Stoudites organised the reading of a synodal decision regulating the transfer or sale of monasteries granted by the patriarchate, the ownership of female or male monasteries and the renting of monastic properties. More than twenty of the leaders of the church are recorded as having attended
Certainty: 2 Basileios Skleros quarelled with Prousianos: both exiled, then Skleros was blinded (?) & Prousianos freed. Basileios Skleros the patrikios and the Bulgarian strategos of Boukellarion, the magistros Prousianos, son of John Vladislav, had a violent quarrel. Konstantinos VIII regarded this as shameless, and banished Skleros to Oxeia. Soon after, when Skleros planned to escape, he was blinded (not his father Romanos). Prousianos, banished to Plate but making no attempt to escape, was soon freed
Certainty: 1 Appeal to Konstantinos VIII by Ioannes metropolitan of Melitene against Juhanna, Jacobite patriarch of Antioch. Ioannes, metropolitan of Melitene, wished to bring peace to the Church troubled by heresy. He sought the help not only of the patriarch Alexios Stoudites but of the emperors Konstantinos VIII and Romanos III also. As a result the latter summoned the heretic leaders (from Syria) to Constantinople
Certainty: 3 Synodal decision concerning running of bishoprics in matters of finance, litigation & properties. The patriarch, Alexios Stoudites, called a synod which examined issues related to the running of bishoprics in matters of finance, litigation and properties, issuing a decision. As well as the convenor, 31 metropolitans are recorded as attending
Certainty: 2 Michael Psellos (aged 10) learned all orthography & the whole Iliad in one year. Michael Psellos (aged ten) in one year learned all of orthography and the whole Iliad - not just the poem, but several kinds of analytical details. He dreamed of catching talking birds and defeating them. He went on to even higher studies, including music
Certainty: 2 Campaign of parakoimomenos Symeon (Nikolaos) in Iberia led to submission of Bagrat & his mother. Nikolaos, domestikos of the scholai and parakoimomenos (or Symeon), when sent to Abchasia by Konstantinos VIII, in the third year of the latter's reign he ravaged and burned the country, causing many casualties and taking many prisoners. He was soon brought a letter from Bagrat IV and his mother Mariam, apologizing for having occupied the fortresses, and offering submission and allegiance to the emperor. Having settled things in this way, he returned to the capital
Certainty: 1 Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij continued to ravage Syria & sow discord. Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij continued to raid parts of Syria against the representatives of the sultan. He raided the countryside at harvest time but returned to the desert in winter, rousing concerted opposition against him
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios returned & punished Himerios Solomon justly with a civil punishment. When Eustathios Romaios returned from service as an anagrapheus, he made Himerios Solomon's prosecution a case of civil insult by Himerios to Teichiotes, the girl's father, thus imposing a heavy fine and nothing more. His reasoning was brilliant
Certainty: 2 Arrival in Italy of Andronikos proxim. (?). Andronikos proximos arrived in Southern Italy
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios insisted that a woman had the right to go to law over her husband's murder. The epi tou kanikleiou and Malakenos protospatharios declared that no woman could go to law over the murder of her husband, but Malakenos, when invited to submit a report, did not. Sergios protospatharios declared that women could only go to law over the murder of their husbands if registered, but when invited, wrote a lazy and unworthy report. All three joined the more positive consensus which formed over the excellent submission of Eustathios Romaios
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios wrote a study on a case on property rental concerning a metropolitan of Nicaea.
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios decided that a dowry provided by Theophano despoina should revert to her or the fisc at the wife's death. Theophano the despoina, daughter of Romanos III, provided a dowry (as external to the family) for the wife of Kamateros (Kakateros ?), the manglabites. The wife died, leaving a will; the dowry became the subject of a court case before Eustathios Romaios (as vestes), who decided that it should return to Theophano or the treasury
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios wrote a memo on deadlines for the provision & return of dowries. In the case of Chaldos the patrikios Eustathios Romaios, as vestes, began to add interest to a dowry when not provided two years after the marriage. In this connection he wrote a memo listing different periods for provision and return of dowries in different cases, for land and moveable goods
Certainty: 0 Eustathios Romaios sharply reduced the penalty set for unlawful blinding. Euphyes (as judge?) had set a penalty for blinding at a hundred nomismata; Eustathios Romaios (as vestes) cancelled this, making the sum thirty nomismata where there were witnesses to prove premeditiation, or only 24 for a poor plaintiff with witnesses
Certainty: 1 Eustathios Romaios showed oikonomia for non-Byzantines over the inheritance of David the Iberian. David the Iberian at his death left a son, and wrote that if the boy died without children or will, the inheritance should return to his uncles. The son did so die and the uncles took charge of the inheritance, but it was contested. Eustathios Romaios determined that a third of it should come to the boy's mother, since her son was twenty at death and had some testamentary rights, which he should have been allowed to exercise. This was a compromise by oikonomia for non-Byzantines between the wishes of the boy and his father's will
Certainty: 1 When law & justice conflicted Eustathios Romaios relied on the emperor - as in the case of Michael primikerios. When Eustathios Romaios was faced with a conflict between law and justice, he could only find a solution in the emperor - as in the case he tried as vestes between a protospatharios and Michael primikerios. The former prosecuted Michael with false, self-contradictory and corrupt witnesses, and forced him, as a last resort, to rely on oaths. This led to a conflict between law and justice, and recourse to the emperor
Certainty: 3 Death of emir of Kalb Arabs, succeeded by nephew Rafi' ibn Abi al-Layl ibn 'Ulyan. After the death of the emir of the Kalb Arabs, his nephew Rafi' ibn Abi al-Layl ibn 'Ulyan became emir in his place, with the aid of the Fatimid Caliph al-Zahir
Certainty: 1 Arrival in Italy of Eustathios (?) with imperial orders offering the position of katepano to Christophoros. Eustathios (?) arrived in S Italy with imperial instructions giving the office of katepano of Italy to Christophoros (Bourgaris), while previous generals returned to Constantinople
Certainty: 1 Nasr ibn Musharraf al-Rawadifi pressured by Michael Spondyles to support Byzantines. Nasr ibn Musharraf al-Rawadifi became the head of all Muslims in the Jabal al-Rawadif and nearby regions, which used to be ruled by the Romans. He was put under severe pressure by Michael Spondyles to support the Romans. He was arrested, imprisoned for a time in Antioch, set free on condition that he would submit to Michael's authority, then arrested again when he did not
Certainty: 1 Basileios Boioannes & Orestes left Italy. Basileios Boioannes left Italy, having served as katepano. Orestes koitonites went with him
Certainty: 0 Maria, daughter of Michael, sued to recover Vivarion from Pikrides, who had to pay her money. Maria, daughter of Michael, after her husband's death, tried to recover Vivarion by suing Pikrides. There was a hearing in which he had to make her a cash payment