Nikephoros, upon returning to Constantinople from his …
Years: 962 - 962
Nikephoros, upon returning to Constantinople from his successful expedition against the Emirate of Crete, had been denied the usual honor of a triumph, permitted only a mere ovation in the Hippodrome.
He soon returns to the east with a large and well-equipped army, attacking the Arabs of Cilicia and Syria at the beginning of 962, capturing more than sixty fortresses.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Islam
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Hamdanid Dynasty
- Aleppo, Hamdanid Emirate of
