250px|thumb|right|Capture and imprisonment of Nikulitsa by the Byzantine Empire|Byzantines. Nikulitsa (; ) was a noble from Larissa and governor of Servia during the reign of Samuil (). Nikulitzas belonged to a prominent family in the city. In 980, Emperor Basil II had appointed his grandfather as leader (archon) of the Vlachs; a local ethnic group that was also at the center of the rebellion of 1066–1067. The leaders of that rebellion were all prominent men of Larissa, two of whom are specifically mentioned by Kekaumenos as being Vlachs; Slavota Karmalakis and a certain Beriboes (Berivoi).
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250px|thumb|right|Capture and imprisonment of Nikulitsa by the Byzantine Empire|Byzantines. Nikulitsa (; ) was a noble from Larissa and governor of Servia during the reign of Samuil (). Nikulitzas belonged to a prominent family in the city. In 980, Emperor Basil II had appointed his grandfather as leader (archon) of the Vlachs; a local ethnic group that was also at the center of the rebellion of 1066–1067. The leaders of that rebellion were all prominent men of Larissa, two of whom are specifically mentioned by Kekaumenos as being Vlachs; Slavota Karmalakis and a certain Beriboes (Berivoi).
==Biography== Nikulitsa received his name ("little Nicholas") because of his short height. In 1001, the Byzantines led by Basil II () besieged the city of Servia and after a long siege they managed to break through despite the garrison's desperate defence. To secure the fortress, the entire Bulgarian population was deported in the area called Boleron between the rivers Nestos and (Hebros).
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