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Topic: Islamic invasion of Gaul
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Basil the Chamberlain calls on Bardas Phokas, …

Years: 979 - 979
March

Basil the Chamberlain calls on Bardas Phokas, earlier exiled for an attempted usurpation that had been stopped by Skleros for the late Emperor.

Phokas gathers forces at his family power center of Caesarea, forcing his rival to turn back from the capital in March, 979, when his army, aided by a large contingent of Georgian cavalry, defeats Skleros in single combat near Amorium in May 979, with Skleros cutting the right ear of Phokas' horse with his lance before sustaining a grave wound in the head.

Skleros flees to …

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