Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
A short documentary about the usurpation of Nikephoros Phokas in AD 963.
Chapters:
00:00 The Regency of Theophano and Joseph Bringas
02:43 Nikephoros Phokas' Usurpation
05:18 Bringas' Failure
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Luidprand of Cremona, The Works of Luidprand of Cremona, translated by F. A. Wright (1930).
Theophanes Continuatus, Book VI, translated by edited and translated by
M. Featherstone and J. Signes-Codoner, (2025).
Symeon the Logothete, Chronicle - Version B, partially edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, Toronto.
Kaldellis, A. (2017) Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. To the First Crusade. Oxford.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'A Cygnet', 'War Situation', 'Vendetta' and 'Notice of Death' by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Azusa Chiba and Noriyuki Kamikura from Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
A short documentary about the usurpation of Nikephoros Phokas in AD 963.
Chapters:
00:00 The Regency of Theophano and Joseph Bringas
02:43 Nikephoros Phokas' Usurpation
05:18 Bringas' Failure
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
John Skylitzes, Synopsis of History, translated by J. Wortley, (2010).
Leo the Deacon, History, translated by A.-M. Talbot and D. F. Sullivan, (2005).
Luidprand of Cremona, The Works of Luidprand of Cremona, translated by F. A. Wright (1930).
Theophanes Continuatus, Book VI, translated by edited and translated by
M. Featherstone and J. Signes-Codoner, (2025).
Symeon the Logothete, Chronicle - Version B, partially edited and translated by D. Sullivan, (2018).
Yahya of Antioch, edited and French translation by I. Kratchkovsky and A. Vasiliev, in Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII, 345–520, (1924-1932).
Scholarship
Jenkins, R. J. H. (1966) Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries AD610-1071, Toronto.
Kaldellis, A. (2017) Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. To the First Crusade. Oxford.
Talbot, A.-M. And Sullivan, D. F., (2005) The History of Leo the Deacon: Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century, Washington D. C.
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'A Cygnet', 'War Situation', 'Vendetta' and 'Notice of Death' by Hitoshi Sakimoto, Azusa Chiba and Noriyuki Kamikura from Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
