Sico Protospatharios
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| Intro | Byzantine general | |
| Places | Turkey | |
| is | Military leader Military personnel | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Death | 1054 |
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Biography
Sico (Italian: Sicone) (died 1054) was a Byzantine protospatharios leading troops in Italy from about 1052. He had a Lombard name, though he was a Greek official. He was an official under Argyrus.
Sico was killed in battle outside the walls of Matera fighting the Normans of Humphrey of Hauteville.
Sources
- Gay, Jules. L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre II. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904.