Michael Apsaras ( el, Μιχαήλ Ἀψαρᾶς) was a 14th-century

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noble from Ioannina. Apsaras came from a noble

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family and one of the most influential families in the city of Ioannina. Apsaras received the title of ''

protovestiarios ''Protovestiarios'' ( el, πρωτοβεστιάριος, "first ''vestiarios''") was a high Byzantine court position, originally reserved for eunuchs. In the late Byzantine period (12th–15th centuries), it denoted the Empire's senior-most fina ...

'' and became chief minister of the

Despot of Epirus The despot of Epirus was the ruler of the Despotate of Epirus, one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade. The name "Despotate of Epirus" and the title "despot of Epirus" are modern historiographical ...

Thomas Preljubović Thomas Preljubović ( sr, Тома Прељубовић / Toma Preljubović; el, Θωμάς Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, Thōmas Komnēnos Palaiologos) was ruler of the Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina from 1366 to his death on December ...

(1366–1384). Both Apsaras and Thomas were negatively portrayed in the '' Chronicle of Ioannina'' due to the cruelty they displayed against the local population of Ioannina. Apsaras was exiled from Ioannina after the assassination of Thomas.

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