John of Compsa
Johannes von Compsa , also Johannes von Conza , Latin Ioannes Compsinus (* probably in Conza della Campania ; † 617 in Naples ) was a late antique rebel in southern Italy .
In 615 the Eastern Roman exarch in Italy, John of Ravenna , was overthrown and killed by insurgents. The still of Emperor Phocas used Dux of Naples, John of Compsa, joined the rebellion. Emperor Herakleios , whose military forces were almost completely tied up by the Persian War , installed Eleutherius in 616 as a new exarch with the task of suppressing the uprising in Italy. John then declared the ducat Naples to be independent of the emperor. Eleutherius took the city after a siege of several weeks in 617 and had Johannes beheaded as a usurper .
literature
- Ludo Moritz Hartmann : Studies on the Byzantine administration in Italy (540-750). Hirzel, Leipzig 1889, p. 13, here online .
- Walter E. Kaegi: Heraclius. Emperor of Byzantium. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2003, ISBN 0-521-81459-6 , p. 93.
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| SURNAME | John of Compsa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | John of Conza; Ioannes Compsinus (laS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Byzantine rebel in Naples |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: Conza della Campania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 617 |
| Place of death | Naples |