Anthimus or
Anthemus was the
Duke of Naples for from
801 until around
818, when the
patrician of
Sicily reestablished
Byzantine control over the
ducatus. Anthimus was, for most of his reign, independent of any higher authority, but he was losing control over his own subject cities,
Gaeta and
Amalfi.
Early in his reign, the patrician of Sicily requested his aid in fending off the
Saracen pirates then ravaging the Sicilian coasts. Anthimus maintained his neutrality and refused. In
812, the Greek admiral sent to combat these corsairs requested aid from all the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian coast, including those of Gaeta and Amalfi, who accepted, while Naples refused still. Thus, Naples subjects had declared their independence from her even as Naples was extracting itself from Byzantine suzerainty.
Sources
- Gay, Jules. L'Italie méridionale et l'empire Byzantin: Livre I. Burt Franklin: New York, 1904.
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