Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Musi wa9 May 1009, kupandukira kwakatanga muBari kurwisana neCatapanate yeItaly, hurumende yeByzantium yaiva ikoko. Ichitungamirirwa naMelus, muLombard womunzvimbomo, kumukira kwakakurumidza kupararira kumamwe maguta. Pakupera kwegore iroro (kana kuti pakuvamba muna 1010) katepano, John Curcuas, akaurayiwa muhondo. Muna March 1010 mutsivi wake, Basil Mesardonites, akaburuka nevashandi uye akakomba vapanduki vaiva muguta racho. Vagari vomuByzantium vakataurirana naBasil ndokumanikidza vatungamiriri veLombard, Melus nomukoma wake Dattus, kuti vatize. Basil akapinda muguta musi wa 11 June 1011, achidzorera simba reByzantium. Haana kutevera kukunda kwake nezvirango zvakakomba, achingotumira mhuri yaMelus (kusanganisira mwanakomana wake, Argyrus) kuConstantinople. Basil akafa muna 1016, pashure pemakore orugare kumaodzanyemba kweItaly.  Mubvunzo: VaMesardonites vakaenda rini?
Kurume 1010