Certainty: 3 Konstantinos Opos went to Italy as katepano (instead of Orestes), reaching Bari on May 1; Ioannes also involved Certainty: 3
1035
Certainty: 2 Civil war in Sicily between amir Apolaphar Mouchoumet & his brother Apochaps
Apochaps, brother of the amir of Sicily Abulafar Muhammad (?), rose in rebellion against his brother and overpowered him. Abulafar Muhammad sought Byzantine help in the terms of their recent alliance.
1037
Certainty: 2 Reconciliation & African intervention in Sicilian civil war put Byzantines on defensive Certainty: 2