Phocas (Person) AKA Flavius Phocas Augustus
Phocas
602 AD - 610 AD
AKA Flavius Phocas Augustus
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire 602 – 610
Phocas was an incompetent leader, both of the administration and army, and under him the Byzantine Empire was threatened by multiple enemies, with frequent raids in the Balkans from the Avars and Slavs, and a Sassanid invasion of the eastern provinces.
Although Phocas is generally depicted as a villain by Byzantine and modern historians alike, some of the earliest sources available about Phocas’ reign were written during the reign of Heraclius. The writings that survive aren’t reliably neutral and the writers would have good reason to demonize him in order to strengthen the rule of Heraclius.
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