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Maniakes was about to strike against them when he was recalled by John the Eunuch on suspicion of conspiracy.
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While the campaign was initially successful, Harald and the Varangian Guard were called back to Constantinople following Maniakes ' imprisonment by the emperor and the onset of other more pressing issues.
Harald was not affected by Maniakes ' conflict with Michael IV, and received honors and was regarded with respect upon his return to Constantinople.
Though this disaster was reduced by the capture and successful defence of Edessa by George Maniakes in 1032 and by the sound defeat of a Saracen fleet in the Adriatic, Romanos never recovered his early popularity.
After the recall of Maniakes most of the Sicilian conquests were lost throughout 1041, and a subsequent expedition against the Normans suffered several defeats, although Bari was recaptured.
Maniakes was promptly sent back to Southern Italy in order to contain the advance of the Normans.
Immediately after the victory, Constantine was attacked by a fleet from Kievan Rus '; it is " incontrovertible that a Rus ' detachment took part in the Maniakes rebellion ".
George Maniakes (, transliterated as Georgios Maniaces, Maniakis, or Maniaches, ) ( died 1043 ) was a prominent Byzantine Greek general during the 11th century, he was the catepan of Italy in 1042.
Maniakes first became prominent during a campaign in 1030 – 1031, when the Byzantine Empire was defeated at Aleppo but went on to capture Edessa from the Seljuk Turks.
The individual particularly responsible for antagonizing Maniakes into revolt was one Romanus Sclerus.
Sclerus, like Maniakes, was one of the immensely wealthy landowners who owned large areas of Anatolia-his estates neighboured those of Maniakes and the two were rumoured to have attacked each other during a squabble over land.
Maniakes response, when faced with Sclerus demanding that he hand command of the empires forces in Apulia over to him, was to brutally torture the latter to death, after sealing his eyes, ears, nose and mouth with excrement.
Maniakes was then proclaimed emperor by his troops ( including the Varangians ), and marched towards Constantinople, in 1043 his army clashed with troops loyal to Constantine near Thessalonika, and though initially successful, Maniakes was killed during the melee after receiving a fatal wound ( according to Psellus ' account ).
In 1031 Edessa was given up to the Byzantines under George Maniakes by its Arab governor.
Another Rus ' attack in 1043 was beaten back with ease, and with the exception of a short-lived attempt to recover Sicily under George Maniakes, no major naval expeditions were undertaken either.
The Arabs built here a castle, which in 1030 was attacked by Ligurian troops under the Byzantine general George Maniakes, and which have left traces of Ligurian language in the current dialect.
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This sabotaged Constantine's attempts to ally with the Pope against the Normans, who had taken advantage of Maniakes ' disappearance to take over Southern Italy.
Maniakes ' accomplishments in Sicily were largely ignored by the Emperor, and he revolted against Constantine IX in 1042, though he had been appointed catepan of Italy.
He participated in eighteen battles and during his service fought against Arabs in Anatolia and Sicily under General George Maniakes, as well as in southern Italy and Bulgaria.
Maniakes and them
However, when Maniakes ostracised the Lombards by publicly humiliating their leader, Arduin, the Lombards deserted and the Normans and Varangians followed them.
Maniakes and recalled
Michael now reversed his uncle's decisions, and recalled the nobles and courtiers who had been exiled during the previous reign, including the future patriarch Michael Keroularios and the general George Maniakes.
Maniakes and John
On the western front, in Sicily, Michael and John ordered the general George Maniakes to drive the Arabs out of the island.
Maniakes and on
Then however Maniakes fell out with his Lombard allies, while his Norman mercenaries, unhappy with their pay, abandoned the Byzantine general and raised a revolt on the Italian mainland, resulting in the temporary loss of Bari.
Maniakes and .
In 1038, the Byzantine general George Maniakes reconquered the city, sending the relics of St. Lucy to Constantinople.
Beginning in 1038, Maniakes landed in southern Italy and soon had captured Messina.
They passed through Frazzanò and the pianura di Maniace, where George Maniakes and the first Hautevilles distinguished themselves twenty-one years prior.
In August 1042, under the influence of the Skleroi the emperor relieved General George Maniakes from his command in Italy, and Maniakes rebelled, declaring himself emperor in September.
Although the Arabs soon took the island back, Maniakes ' successes there later inspired the Normans to invade Sicily themselves.
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