Phocas

Amid the earnest efforts of Marcel Gromaire, Barthel Gilles and others to restore order, many artists, such as Franco Gentilini and Suzanne Phocas, seem more drawn to reminiscences of Antique and Renaissance art as well-deserved escapes from hard reality.

In the Great War's Wake Michael FitzGerald 2010

A hundred years later the Eastern Emperor Flavius Phocas Augustus, his own realm crumbling, elevated Boniface III, the patriarch of Rome, to a position of primacy over the other major bishops of the Christian world—those in Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople—and bestowed on him the title Vicar of Christ, or Pope.

The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008

I may certainly possess, deeply rooted in my heart, the notion of what is just and unjust; but an Attila, whom St. Leon extols and pays his court to; a Phocas, whom St. Gregory flatters with the most abject meanness; Alexander VI., polluted by so many incests, murders, and poisonings, and with whom the feeble Louis

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

A mutiny of the troops on the Danube, led by Phocas, resulted in a march to the capital, the outbreak of popular insurrection in the city, and the flight of the emperor.

565-78 2001

After Phocas was overthrown, Khusrau continued the war against his successor, Heraclius (See 610–41).

d. Hormizd IV to the Muslim Conquest 2001

Conspiracy against Phocas, led by Priscus and supported by the exarch of Africa.

610 2001

The mob thereupon rose, slew Phocas, and proclaimed Heraclius, the son of the exarch, as emperor.

610 2001

In 988 they threatened Constantinople, but the movement collapsed with the defeat of Phocas at Abydos (989) and his subsequent death.

976 2001

After defeating the forces of Phocas, Khusrau's armies invaded Armenia and Syria and ravaged Cappadocia; many cities were captured, including Dara (603), Amida, and Resaina (606).

d. Hormizd IV to the Muslim Conquest 2001

The assassination of Maurice and his sons by Phocas (602) gave Khusrau the opportunity to declare war against Constantinople.

d. Hormizd IV to the Muslim Conquest 2001