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    The katepánō (Greek: κατεπάνω; lit. '[the one] placed at the top', or lit. 'the topmost') was a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was...
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  • for persons in similar commanding roles. The term "captain" derives from katepánō (Ancient Greek: κατεπάνω, lit. '[the one] placed at the top', or 'the topmost')...
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    κατεπανίκιον) was a Byzantine term for an area under the control of a katepano. It was used to describe two different types of administrative divisions:...
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    governor) of Bari was raised to the title of katepanō of Italy, usually with the rank of patrikios. The title of katepanō meant "the uppermost" in Greek. This...
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    general (strategos). In the late 10th and early 11th centuries, a doux or katepano was in charge of large circumscriptions consisting of several smaller themata...
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  • Emperor John Tzimiskes (969–976). The seal belonged to protospatharios and katepano of Ras named John. After 976, the region was dominated by the restored...
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  • Basil II installed David Arianites as strategos autokrator of Skopje and katepano of conquered Bulgaria, implying powers of command over the other regional...
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    (United Kingdom) Captain (United States) Senior captain Staff captain Katepano Rittmeister căpĭtānĕus. Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short. A Latin Dictionary...
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    Apulian rebels enlisted the support of the Normans and defeated the new katepano of Italy at Cannae in 1041, Matera fell within the scope of Norman incursions...
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    Seal of John Kastamonites, vestes and katepano of Mesopotamia...
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