Nikephoros Karantenos, Latinized as Nicephorus Carantenus (Greek: Νικηφόρος ὁ Καραντηνός), (fl.
Karantenos was rewarded for his service against the Bulgars with the post of military governor (doux) of Skopje.
Then, in 1067, when Constantine X desired to retake the lost cities of Apulia, he sent Karantenos with Mabrikias to Bari.
Taranto, Castellaneta, and Brindisi were reconquered from the Normans and a garrison of Varangians was established at the latter under Karantenos.
He beheaded a hundred corpses and crossed the sea to Dyrrachium with the heads, thence shipping them off to Constantinople to impress the emperor.