<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardas_Phokas_the_Younger" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bardas Phokas the Younger">Bardas Phokas the Younger</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardas_Skleros" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bardas Skleros">Bardas Skleros</a>, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_of_Bardas_Phokas_the_Younger" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger">wide-scale rebellion</a> against Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basil II">Basil II</a>.