Emirate of Crete
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The Emirate of Crete was an Arab Islamic state that existed on the Mediterranean island of Crete from the late 820s to the reconquest of the island by the Byzantine Empire in 961. Although the emirate
A monk shows the Saracens where to build Chandax.
The Byzantines led by Krateros disembark and defeat the Cretan Saracens
The Saracens chase and hang Krateros at Kos.
The Saracens attack at night and slay the sleeping Byzantines.
Nikephoros II Phokas
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Nikephoros II Phokas, Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful in matters of statecraft or of war, nonetheless greatly contributed to
Nikephoros II Phokas on a 15th-century manuscript, Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. The portrait is almost certainly imaginary.
Icon of St. Nikephoros by Theophanes the Cretan
Nikephoros' entry into Constantinople as Emperor through the Golden Gate in summer 963
Tarsus surrenders to Nikephoros Phokas (seated).