Phocas, emperor, his usurpation, [127];
cruelty of, [129];
slain, [130]
Phocas, Bardas, rebels against John Zimisces, [233];
against Basil II., [241]
Phocas, Nicephorus, reign of, [228-30];
wars of, [231];
murdered, [233]
Photius, patriarch, his learning, [221]
Plague, the great of a.d. 542, [101]