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Peter Phokas
eunuch general of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire
Years: 920 - 980
Peter Phokas (fl.
circa 940–977) is a Byzantine eunuch general.
Originally a slave of the powerful Cappadocian Phokas family, he is raised to high military office (stratopedarches of the East) and the rank of patrikios by the Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas (r. 963–969).
