 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kukura kwemhuri kwakaderera nepakati pezana ramakore rechi12, uye vakazopinda mubasa rehurumende reByzantine. Mumwe wevanhu ava, Constantine Basilakes, akashanda somumiririri uye mutarisiri wemari yezvokushandisa kune dzimwe nyika mukuwedzera pakuva murwi. Constantine akafa mukati mehondo dzeByzantine-Norman. Maererano nenyanzvi yemazuva ano yeByzantine Alexander Kazhdan, dzimwe nhengo dzemhuri dzaizivikanwa dzaiva nenzvimbo dzakaderera, kazhinji dzaiva vakuru vakuru vemunharaunda. Mumwe murume ainzi John Basilakes aiva muzukuru wemudetembi uye nyanzvi yemutauro ainzi John Tzetzes. Mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 13, Michael Basilakes akashanda selogariastes rudzi rwomukuru wezvemari munharaunda yeMiletus. Pakupedzisira, mumwe Basilakes, uyo angave akabata zita rokuti nomikos muMistra, akashanda somunyori uye mudetembi. 