Rise and Fall of Nikephoros II Phokas

Denis Sullivan, Ph.D. (1972) Classical Philology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a professor at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on Byzantine historiography and hagiography, with publications including D. Sullivan, A.-M. Talbot and S. McGrath, The Life of Saint Basil the Younger: Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Moscow Version (2014).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction to the Three Chronicles: Theophanes Continuatus, Symeon the Logothete, and Pseudo-SymeonText 1: Theophanes Continuatus Book 6, Years 944–961Text and TranslationText 2: The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete for the Years 948–963 from Vat. gr. 163 and the Interpolations on Nikephoros the Elder from Vat. gr. 153Text and Translationsa The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete for the Years 948–963 from Vat. gr. 163b The Revised Chronicle of Symeon the Logothete: Interpolations on Nikephoros the Elder from Vat. gr. 153Text 3: The Chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon for the Years 944–962Text and TranslationText 4: The Capture of Crete, by Theodosios the DeaconIntroductionText and TranslationText 5: Akolouthia for St Nikephoros PhokasIntroductionText and TranslationGlossaryBibliographyGeneral Index