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 in a 15th-century manuscript, Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. The portrait is almost certainly imaginary.
Icon of St. Nikephoros by Theophanes the Cretan
Nikephoros's entry into Constantinople as Emperor through the Golden Gate in summer 963
Tarsus surrenders to Nikephoros Phokas (seated).
Phokas (Byzantine family)
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Phokas or Phocas, feminine form Phokaina or Phocaena, was the name of a Byzantine aristocratic clan from Cappadocia, which in the 9th and 10th centuries provided a series of high-ranking generals and
Nikephoros II Phokas
…these campaigns earned him the sobriquet "pale death of the Saracens." Nikephoros Phokas was born around 912. From his paternal side, he belonged to the Phokas family which had produced several distinguished generals, including Nikephoros's father Bardas Phokas, brother Leo Phokas, and grandfather Nikephoros Phokas…
The blinding of Leo Phokas
Battle between the armies of Bardas Skleros and Bardas Phokas, from the Madrid Skylitzes