Cover illustration: The Muslim envoys of Tarsos appear before the emperor Nikephoros Phokas. Synopsis Historion of John Skylitzes, ca. 1299, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, Vitr. 26-2, Fol. 151v, bottom. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667859/ (image 312) (last accessed October 15, 2024).
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Names: Theotokis, Georgios editor | Curcumia, Mamuka, 1966- editor
Title: Nikephoros II Phokas and warfare in the 10th-century Byzantine world: a critical theory of global society and politics / edited by Georgios Theotokis, Mamuka Tsurtsumia.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: History of warfare, 1385–7827 ; volume 152 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025006618 (print) | LCCN 2025006619 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004512306 hardback | ISBN 9789004724716 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Nicephorus II Phocas, Emperor of the East, 912–969 | Byzantine Empire–History–Nicephorus II Phocas, 963–969 | Byzantine Empire–History, Military–527–1081 | Military art and science– Byzantine Empire–History
Classification: LCC DF595.5 .N54 2025 (print) | LCC DF595.5 (ebook) | DDC 949.5/02–dc23/eng/20250402
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025006618
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025006619
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ISSN 1385-7827
ISBN 978-90-04-51230-6 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004724716
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