PHOCAS  , See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor (602-610), was a Cappadocian of humble origin . He was still but a See also:

• CENTURION (Lat. centuria)

centurion when chosen by the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead it against See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . A revolt within the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city soon afterwards resulted in the See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of the reigning emperor See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice, and in the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of Phocas to the See also:

• THRONE

throne, which seems to have been accomplished by one of the See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus factions against the wish of the troops . Phocas proved entirely incapable of governing the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . He consented to pay an increased See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to the See also:

• AVARS

Avars and allowed the Persians, who had declared See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in 604 under See also:

• CHOSROES

Chosroes II., to overrun the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic provinces and to penetrate to the See also:

• BOSPORUS, or BOSPHORUS (Gr. Boo-iopos=ox-ford, tradition-ally connected with Io, daughter of Inachus, who, in the form of a heifer, crossed the Thracian Bosporus on her wanderings)

Bosporus . When the See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor See also:

• HERACLIUS ('HpaeXaos) (c. 575-642)

Heraclius declared against him, Phocas was deserted by the starving populace of Constantinople, and deposed with scarcely a struggle (61o) . He died in the same See also:

• YEAR

year on the See also:

• SCAFFOLD
• SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING (from the O. Fr. escafaut, originally escafalt, modern echafaud, a corruption of the Italian or Spanish calafalco, a platform, especially a canopy over a bier, a catafalque; this word is composed of O. Span. altar, O. Ital. catare, t

scaffold . See J . B . See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury, The Later Roman Empire (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1889), ii . 197-206 .