Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ọ bụghị ruo 879 ka aha Ioannina pụtara na nke mbụ ya, na ihe omume nke Kansụl nke Anọ nke Constantinople, nke na-ezo aka na otu Zacharias, Bishọp nke Ioannine, onye suffragan nke Naupaktos. Mgbe ndị Byzantium merisịrị Bulgaria
, na 1020 Emperor Basil nke Abụọ mere ka ndị bishọp obodo ahụ nọrọ n'okpuru Archbishopric nke Ohrid. Onye ọkà mmụta ihe ochie Greek K. Tsoures dere na mgbidi obodo Byzantine na ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Castle Ioannina na narị afọ nke 10, na mgbakwunye na ngwụsị narị afọ nke 11, gụnyere ebe ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ, nke a na-ekwu na ọ bụ n'ihi ọrụ dị mkpirikpi nke obodo ahụ site n'aka ndị Norman n'okpuru nduzi nke Bohemond nke Taranto na 1082. Na chrysobull nye ndị Venetian na 1198, edepụtara obodo ahụ dị ka akụkụ nke ógbè nke ya ("provincia Joanninorum" ma ọ bụ "Joaninon"). N'ime nkwekọrịta nke nkewa nke ala Byzantine mgbe Agha Ntụte nke Anọ gasịrị, e kwere ndị Venetian nkwa Ioannina, mana na ihe omume ahụ, ọ ghọrọ akụkụ nke steeti ọhụrụ nke Epirus, nke Michael I Komnenos Doukas guzobere.