<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" id="mwKw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Emperor">Byzantine Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" id="mwLA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nikephoros II Phokas</a> is assassinated by his wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophano_(born_Anastaso)" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theophano (born Anastaso)">Theophano</a> and her lover, the later Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I_Tzimiskes" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John I Tzimiskes">John I Tzimiskes</a>.<sup about="#mwt30" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_11#cite_note-4" id="mwLw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMA">[4]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"><cite about="#mwt27" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFSullivan2010">Sullivan, Denis F. (2010). "Nikephoros II Phokas". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mzwpq6bLHhMC" id="mwBwA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBwE">The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Volume 3: Mercenaries—Zürich, Siege of</i></a>. New York: Oxford University Press. p.<span id="mwBwI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>60. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBwM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBwQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780195334036" id="mwBwU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780195334036"><bdi id="mwBwY">9780195334036</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt27" class="Z3988" id="mwBwc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Nikephoros+II+Phokas&amp;rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Encyclopedia+of+Medieval+Warfare+and+Military+Technology.+Volume+3%3A+Mercenaries%E2%80%94Z%C3%BCrich%2C+Siege+of&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=60&amp;rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2010&amp;rft.isbn=9780195334036&amp;rft.aulast=Sullivan&amp;rft.aufirst=Denis+F.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dmzwpq6bLHhMC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+11"></span></span>