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Nikephoros II
Phokas (Gr****: Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, Nikēphóros
Phōkãs; c. 912 – 11
December 969),
Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was
Byzantine emperor from...
- Maisa-
Phoka is a
community council located in the
Leribe District of Lesotho. Its po****tion in 2006 was 12,630. The
community of Maisa-
Phoka includes...
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Phokas (Ancient Gr****: Φωκᾶς, romanized:
Phōkâs) or
Phocas (Latinized),
feminine form
Phokaina or
Phocaena (Φώκαινα, Phṓkaina), was the name of a Byzantine...
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Phocas (Latin: Focas;
Ancient Gr****: Φωκάς, romanized:
Phōkás; 547 – 5
October 610) was
Byzantine emperor from 602 to 610.
Initially a middle-ranking officer...
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Bardas Phokas (Gr****: Βάρδας Φωκᾶς) may
refer to:
Bardas Phokas the
Elder (c. 878–c. 968),
Byzantine general and
father of
emperor Nikephoros II
Phokas Bardas...
- Phocas,
sometimes called Phocas the
Gardener (Gr****: Φωκᾶς), is
venerated as a
martyr and
saint by the
Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life...
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language of at
least six
groups of people, namely, the Senga, Tumbuka, Yombe,
Phoka/Hewe,
Northern Ngoni and
Tonga people, with 12
known dialects. It is also...
- John
Phokas (Ancient Gr****: Ἰωάννης Φωκᾶς, Iōánnēs
Phōkâs) or
Phocas (Latin:
Johannes Phocas) was a 12th-century
Byzantine pilgrim to the Holy Land. He...
- impoverishment. Full
Byzantine rule was
restored in 965, when
Emperor Nikephoros II
Phokas scored decisive victories on land and sea. In 1156
Raynald of Châtillon...
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Anatolian aristocracy:
first Bardas Skleros and
later Bardas Phokas,
which ended shortly after Phokas'
death and Skleros'
submission in 989.
Basil then oversaw...
