it also appears united with the thema of Calabria, although the duration of this arrangement is unclear. At any rate, after c. 965, the two themata were permanently united into the new Catepanate of Italy, with the katepano's seat again at Bari. The Varangian Guard fought as part of the Byzantine army in several campaigns in the area, known to them as Langbardland; in their Scandinavian homeland, their exploits are commemorated in the Italy runestones. List of strategoi Gregorios (876) Prokopios (880) Stephanos Maxentios (882–885) Nikephoros Phokas (885–886) Theophylaktos (886–887) Constantine (887–888) Georgios Patrikios (888–891) Symbatikos Protospatharios (891–892) Georgios Patrikios (892–894) Barsakios (894–895) Melissenos (899–905) Ioannikios Protospatharios (911) Nicholas Picingli (914–915) Ursileo (died 921) Anastasios (928 × 936) Basilios Kladon (938) Limnogalactos (940) Paschalios Protospatharios (943) Malakinos (c. 950) Marianos Argyros (955–962) Nikephoros Hexakionites (965) References Sources Further reading Medieval Apulia History of Basilicata Italian states Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy Lombards Byzantine Italy Themes of the Byzantine Empire