Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 9 ga Mayu 1009, wani tashin hankali ya barke a Bari a kan Catapanate na Italiya, ikon yankin Byzantine da ke wurin. Wani ɗan Lombard mai suna Melus ne ya ja-goranci tawayen, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya yaɗu zuwa wasu birane. A ƙarshen wannan shekarar (ko farkon 1010) katepano, John Curcuas, an kashe shi a yaƙi. A watan Maris na 1010 magajinsa, Basil Mesardonites, ya sauka tare da ƙarfafawa kuma ya kewaye 'yan tawaye a cikin birnin. 'Yan ƙasar Byzantine sun yi shawarwari da Basil kuma suka tilasta wa shugabannin Lombard, Melus da surukinsa Dattus, su gudu. Basil ya shiga garin a ranar 11 ga Yuni 1011, yana sake kafa ikon Byzantine. Bai bi nasararsa da hukunci mai tsanani ba, kawai ya aika da dangin Melus (ciki har da ɗansa, Argyrus) zuwa Constantinople. Basil ya mutu a shekara ta 1016, bayan shekaru na salama a kudancin Italiya.  Tambaya: Wanene katepano kuma an kashe shi a yaƙi a farkon 1010?
John Curcuas