Иоанн Скилица
Nikephoros Karantenos, Latinized as Nicephorus Carantenus (), was a Byzantine general known for fighting against the Bulgarians in the Balkans and the Normans in Italy. The main sources for his life is the continuator ("Skylitzes Continuatus") of John Skylitzes, Lupus Protospatharius, and the "Anonymi Barensis Chronicon".