Pardos brought a guaranteed pardon for Georgios Maniakes if he immediately gave up his rebellion

Summary:
The rebellion of Georgios Maniakes threw Konstantinos IX into great confusion. He first wrote to him with a pardon, absolving him of all fear if he immediately lay down his arms. But this offer was rejected and his emissary killed, and so he prepared a large army 
Dates:
1042 September 
Pardos, successor of Maniakes in Italy (Anonymus 178)
  • He was killed on the spot as one of the embassy taking a pardon to Georgios 62 Maniakes Annales Barenses 56.36
  • He was killed at Otranto by Georgios 62 Maniakes Anonymus Barensis 151
Georgios Maniakes (Georgios 62)
  • This [his threatened usurpation] threw the emperor (Konstantinos 9) into great turmoil, and Konstantinos 9 inscribed a letter to him, which absolved Georgios 62 of all fear if he would lay down his arms, and promised better treatment (:) Zonaras 17.22.9
Emperor Konstantinos IX Monomachos (Konstantinos 9)
  • Troubled by news of Georgios 62's revolt he sent letters asking him to lay down his arms promising to be generous, but when his offer was rejected he put at the head of his forces as strategos autokrator Stephanos 102 and sent him against the rebel (:) Skylitzes 428.76-83
  • This [Georgios 62's threatened usurpation] threw him into great turmoil, and he inscribed a letter to (Georgios 62) Maniakes, which absolved him of all fear if he would lay down his arms and promised better treatment (:) Zonaras 17.22.9