John Kourkouas (catepan)

John Curcua or Curcuas (Template:Lang-it, from his title anthypatus) was the Byzantine catepan of Italy from 1008 to his death. He saw the first revolt of the Lombards in Greek Apulia.

The Lombards were led by Melus of Bari. Curcuas did not live long enough to see the finaly culmination of these minor insurrections: the Norman domination of the entire Mezzogiorno. Curcuas was killed in battle with the rebels in either late 1009 or early 1010. In March of the latter year, his successor, Basil Mesardonites, arrived.

Sources

• Norwich, John Julius. The Normans in the South 1016-1130. Longmans: London, 1967.
• Chalandon, Ferdinand. Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie. Paris, 1907.