In the early 8th century, a decorated warrior and administrative official named Sergios came to be appointed as the Byzantine governor of Constantinople’s imperial holdings in Sicily. He held the lofty and prestigious title of protospatharios (first of the sword-bearers), one of the most preeminent titles available in the empire. It was good that he was competent and experienced, for he lived in a complicated time when the imperial realm was rav…
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