- The
Kourkouas family or
Curcuas (Medieval Gr****: Κουρκούας, from Armenian: Գուրգեն, Gurgen) was, allegedly, one of the many
nakharar families from Armenia...
- romanized: Ioannes Kourkouas, fl. c. 900–946), also
transliterated as
Kurkuas or
Curcuas, was one of the most
important generals of the
Byzantine Empire. His success...
- Preceded by John
Curcuas Catepan of
Italy 1010 – 1016 or 1017 Succeeded by Leo
Tornikios ****eon...
- John
Kourkouas or
Curcuas (Gr****: Ἰωάννης Κουρκούας) was the
Byzantine catepan of
Italy from 1008 to 1010. John
belonging to the
Kourkouas family of Armenian...
- to
other cities. Late that year (or
early in 1010) the katepano, John
Curcuas, was
killed in battle. In
March 1010 his successor,
Basil Mesardonites...
- In his 929-30
campaign against the Kaysites, the
Byzantine general John
Curcuas was able to
capture and
annex Baghesh.
Following the
devastation of the...
- Bari
leads an
insurrection against the
Byzantine Catepan of Italy, John
Curcuas, as the
latter was
killed in
battle and
replaced by
Basil Mesardonites...
