Musi wa 9 Chivabvu 1009, kumukira kwakamuka muBari kurwisa Catapanate yeItaly, chiremera cheByzantine chakatarisana ipapo. Inotungamirwa naMelus, muLombard wemuno, kupandukira kwakakurumidza kupararira kune mamwe maguta. Pakupera kwegore iro (kana kutanga kwa1010) katepano, John Curcuas, akaurayiwa muhondo. Muna Kurume 1010 mutsivi wake, Basil Mesardonites, akaburuka nevasimudziri uye akakomberedza vapanduki muguta. Vagari veByzantine vakataurirana naBasil uye vakamanikidza vatungamiriri veLombard, Melus nemukoma wake Dattus, kuti vatize. Basil akapinda muguta musi wa 11 Chikumi 1011, nekudzorera chiremera cheByzantine. Haana kutevera kukunda kwake nezvirango zvakakomba, achingotumira mhuri yaMelus (kusanganisira mwanakomana wake, Argyrus) kuConstantinople.
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