Nikephoros II Phokas
912 CE – 969 CE · aged 57
Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
- Born
- 912 CE · Cappadocia
- Died
- 969 CE · Constantinople
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- 912 CEBornBorn in Cappadocia
- 960 CE – 961 CEWarByzantine reconquest of Crete
- 963 CE – 969 CERoleByzantine emperor
- 969 CEDiedDied in Constantinople
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Biography
Nikephoros II Phokas (Greek: Νικηφόρος Φωκᾶς, romanized: Nikēphóros Phōkâs; c. 912 – 11 December 969), 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 the resurgence of the Byzantine Empire during the 10th century. In the east, Nikephoros completed the conquest of Cilicia and retook the islands of Crete and Cyprus, opening the path for subsequent Byzantine incursions reaching as far as Upper Mesopotamia and the Levant; these campaigns earned him the sobriquet "pale death of the Saracens."
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