Georgios Maniakes: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

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Maniakes' accomplishments in Sicily were largely ignored by the Emperor, and he revolted against [[Constantine IX]] in 1042, though he had been appointed [[catapanate of Italy|catepan of Italy]]. 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. Sclerus owed his influence over the emperor to his famously charming sister the Sclerina, who, in most areas was a highly positive influence on Constantine. Finding himself in a position of power, Sclerus used it to poison Constantine against Maniakes - ransacking the latter's house and even seducing his wife, using the charm his family were famed for. 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.<ref>Bradbury, Jim. (2004) [http://books.google.com/books?id=j6y0E6YO-oEC&printsec=frontcover ''Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare'']. Routledge, p. 65 </ref> 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 [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonika]], and though initially successful, Maniakes was killed during the melee after receiving a fatal wound (according to Psellus' account). Constantine's extravagant punishment of the surviving rebels was to parade them in the Hippodrome, seated backwards on donkeys. With his death, the rebellion ceased. In Sicily, the town of [[Maniace]] and the Syracusan fortress of [[Castello Maniace]] are both named after him. ▼