Episode 140 - Magnificent and Insufferable

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Nicephorus Phokas is murdered by his nephew John Tzimiskes. We discuss the plot, the aftermath and the personalities of both men.

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0:30.0	Music
0:40.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Byzantium.
0:44.3	Episode 140.
0:47.3	Magnificent and Insufferable.
0:51.9	Let me just take you back a few years to the conquest of Celicia in 965.
1:00.1	For that major campaign, Niceferus decided that he needed his senior generals by his side.
1:07.2	So he called upon his brother Leo and his nephew John Zimiskees.
1:13.6	Both men acquitted themselves well and journeyed back to the capital to celebrate.
1:18.6	Once there though, Zimiskees was stripped of the rank of domestic of the east.
1:24.6	He was dismissed from public life and sent to live with some allies of the focus family in Anatolia.
1:32.7	Essentially, under house arrest.
1:36.1	We don't know why this was done.
1:40.8	Clearly, Zimiskees hadn't committed an actual offense.
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