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furoya

catapán
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1º_ It was a military position of the Byzantine army, which was later also taken as civil chief or governor in the Catapanate of Italy, and was the name of an office for Normans and Spaniards. The etymology is Greek by 954; 945; 964; 949; 960; 945; 957; 969; ( katepano ) formed by 954; 945; 964; 945; ( katá "from top to bottom" ) 949; 960; 953; ( PPE "envelope" ) 949; 953; 956; 953; ( eimi "to be, to occupy a place" ) ; It is interpreted as "someone who is above his subordinates".

  




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

High-ranking Byzantine officer. Catepan . The one who is above the others.

  


Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Byzantine military of higher rank than the strategos, of kata-epanos, the one on top. The term was moved to Magna Graecia where it remained and was later used by the Normans and Spaniards. According to some, from here would derive, after metathesis, the term captain, which for others clearly comes from caput capitis, head. For the Sorianos it is the first Sunday of May, in which wine is tasted with bread and cheese.

  



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