Bardas Phokas the Younger
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Bardas Phokas was a Byzantine general who took a conspicuous part in three revolts for and against the ruling Macedonian dynasty.
Clash between the armies of Skleros and Phokas, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes.
Basil II
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Basil II Porphyrogenitus, given the epithet the Bulgar Slayer, was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. He and his brother Constantine VIII were crowned before their father Romanos II died i
Bardas Phokas the Younger
…the island of Chios, where he would spend the following seven years. In 978 Bardas was delivered from his prison cell by the eunuch Basil Lekapenos, Basil II's uncle and de facto regent. He was dispatched in disguise to his native Cappadocia to stir up the local aristocracy against Skleros, who had revolted…
Restored depiction of Basil II from his Menologion, National Historical Museum, Athens
Clash between the armies of Bardas Skleros and Bardas Phokas at Pankaleia, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes.
The Armenian prince Gregory Taronites is ambushed by the Bulgarians near Thessalonica.
Byzantine victory over the Bulgarians at the Battle of Kleidion, from the Madrid Skylitzes