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n. (plural of phoca English)
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Phocas (; , Phokas; 547 – 5 October 610) was Byzantine Emperor from 602 to 610. He usurped the throne from the Emperor Maurice, and was himself overthrown by Heraclius after losing a civil war.
Phocas or Phokas (from ) may refer to:
It may refer to a number of people called "Phocas":
- Saint Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
- Saint Phocas, a 4th-century Christian martyr
- Flavius Phocas, Emperor in 602-610
- A member of the Phokas family of Byzantine nobles including:
- Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, general
- Leo Phokas the Elder, son of Nikephoros, general
- Bardas Phokas the Elder, son of Nikephoros, general
- Nikephoros II Phokas, son of Bardas, Byzantine Emperor in 963-969
- Leo Phokas the Younger, son of Bardas, general and curopalates
- Bardas Phokas the Younger, son of Leo, general and rebel against Basil II
Usage examples of "phocas".
Under the reign of Phocas, the fortifications of Merdin, Dara, Amida, and Edessa, were successively besieged, reduced, and destroyed, by the Persian monarch: he passed the Euphrates, occupied the Syrian cities, Hierapolis, Chalcis, and Berrhaea or Aleppo, and soon encompassed the walls of Antioch with his irresistible arms.
Even Constantine, who was in overall command of the army's cavalry, along with the chiliarch Phocas who was his equivalent for the infantry, had learned to accept his actual authority.
So Belisarius would put Phocas under Hermogenes' command, with the specific responsibility for the artillery.