Person912–969
Nikephoros II Phokas
Byzantine general and emperor (963–969) from the Phokas family of military commanders, called “the pale death of the Saracens”. As Domestic of the Schools of the East he retook Crete from the Arabs (960–961) and sacked Aleppo (962); as emperor he conquered Cilicia and recovered Cyprus (965), and on 28 October 969 (by some accounts 1 November) his generals took Antioch. He was murdered by John Tzimiskes and his fellow conspirators in December 969.
- Dates
- c. 912 – between 10 December and 11 December 969
- Events
- 3 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt, Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (6th–10th c.), Early medieval Europe (500–1000), Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.)
Events
- Sayf al-Dawla's Aleppo: al-Mutanabbi and the Hamdanid emirate29 October 944 – 8 February 967 · Middle East and Egypt
- Nikephoros Phokas retakes Crete: the siege of Chandax960 – between 6 March and 7 March 961 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Sviatoslav’s invasion of Bulgariabetween 967 and 968 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
Often together with
Byzantine EmpireAl-FarabiAl-MutanabbiEmirate of CreteFirst Bulgarian EmpireHamdanidsIbn HawqalIkhshididsKievan Rus’Magyars (Hungarians)PechenegsSayf al-Dawla