Melus (also Milus or Meles, Melo in Italian) (died 1020) was a Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari, whose ambition to carve for himself an...

The Battle of Cannae took place in 1018 between the Byzantines under the Catepan of Italy Basil Boioannes and the Lombards under Melus of Bari. The Lombards...

state founded by William of Hauteville in 1043, composed of the territories of Gargano, Capitanata, Apulia, Vulture, and most of Campania. It became a duchy...

Norman knights headed by Gilbert Buatère and hired by Melus of Bari. Defeated at Cannae, Melus of Bari escaped to Bamberg, Germany, where he died in 1022...

of the Lombard nobles Melus of Bari and his brother-in-law Dattus, against the Byzantine governorate, though it was firmly repressed at the Battle of...

victory for Melus, although Lupus Protospatharius and the anonymous chronicler of Bari recorded a defeat. A third battle (a decisive victory for Melus) took...

Lynn Bari, American movie actress Maio of Bari, admiral of Sicily Melus of Bari, Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary...

As a member of the independent Lombard leadership of the Mezzogiorno, Guaimar supported the Lombard rebel Melus of Bari. After Melus's defeat in 1011...

the Fat of Bari rises up against the Lombard rebels, led by Melus, and delivers the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate...

Melo (nickname) Melo (surname), a Portuguese surname Melo (Italian) or Melus of Bari, 11th century Apulian aristocrat Places: Melo, Córdoba, a settlement...

particular Porto Torres, and defeat the fleet of the taifa king of Dénia, Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī. Melus of Bari makes a second attempt against Byzantine-held...

1018: The Byzantine armies of Basil Boioannes are victorious at the Battle of Cannae against the Lombards under Melus of Bari. 1018: The Third Goryeo-Khitan...

explorer (approximate date) Melus of Bari, Lombard nobleman and rebel leader Radim Gaudentius, Polish archbishop (b. 970) Stephen I of Vermandois, French nobleman...

They then moved on to one of the Lombard capitals: Salerno or Capua. From there they joined with Melus of Bari, the leader of the Lombard rebels in Apulia...

reinstates Sviatopolk I as Grand Prince of Kiev. Battle of Cannae: The Lombard adventurer Melus of Bari and his Norman mercenaries are decisively defeated...

starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Summer – Melus of Bari, a Lombard nobleman, revolts and is supported by Norman...

Dattus (or Datto) was a Lombard leader from Bari, the brother-in-law of Melus of Bari. He joined his brother-in-law in a 1009 revolt against Byzantine...

Ralph, and Ranulf—travelled to the Mediterranean to assist Melus of Bari and Guaimar III of Salerno, Lombards in revolt against Byzantine control. In 1018...

Milus may refer to: Milus or Miles (bishop of Susa) (d. c. 340) Milus or Melus of Bari (d. 1020) This disambiguation page lists articles about people...

request from his catepan of Italy, Basil Boioannes, for reinforcements to put down the Lombard revolt of Melus of Bari. A detachment of the Varangian Guard...

Osmond, and Ranulf. The Drengots arrived in Italy in 1017 to support Melus of Bari in his rebellion against the Catapanate. According to some sources,...

his reign and supported the Lombard rebels of Melus of Bari. He also supported his neighbour, Pandulf IV of Capua, despite the latter's unpopularity. Under...

time, Melus of Bari had risen in revolt again, this time with a band of Normans. Leo sent Leo Passianos with an army against him. Passianos and Melus met...

of southern Italy. The Normans, first called in by the Lombards to fight the Byzantines for control of Apulia and Calabria (under the likes of Melus of...

John's government coincided with the first revolt of the Lombards in Greek Apulia, under Melus of Bari. A possible descendant or relative, the notary John...

the Lombard army of Melus of Bari and his Norman allies at Cannae. This victory brought the Byzantines recognition by all the princes of the Mezzogiorno...

was in a state of virtual anarchy. Establishing a stronghold at Monte Gargano in Apulia, they joined forces with the Lombard Melus of Bari, who had rebelled...

of Italy Leo Tornikios Kontoleon to fight the Lombard rebel Melus of Bari in 1017. He is not to be confused with the other Passianos killed in Melus'...

to fight the insurgency of the Lombard general Melus of Bari and his Norman soldiery. The request was granted: a detachment of the elite Varangian Guard...

Italy at the beginning of the 11th century. The allied forces of Melus of Bari and the Normans were defeated at the Battle of Cannae in 1018, and two...