The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_army" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine army">Byzantine army</a> proclaims <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_II_Phokas" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros II Phokas">Nikephoros II Phokas</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor" id="mwQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine emperor">Emperor of the Romans</a> on the plains outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayseri" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kayseri">Cappadocian Caesarea</a>.