Lihat sumber bagi Nicephorus Phocas

{{Infobox monarch||spouse 4=|date of burial=|death_place=[[Constantinople]]|death_date=10–11 Disember 969 (umur 57)|birth_place=|birth_date=Sekitar tahun 912|mother=?|father=[[Bardas Phokas]]|dynasty=[[Dinasti Makedonia]]|royal house=|issue=[[Basil&nbsp;II]], [[Konstantinus&nbsp;VIII]] (anak tiri)|spouse 3=|name=Nikephoros&nbsp;II Phokas|spouse 2=|spouse 1=[[Theophano (abad ke-10)|Theophano]]|consort=|heir=|successor=[[John&nbsp;I Tzimiskes]]|predecessor=[[Romanos&nbsp;II]]|full name=Nicephorus Phocas|reign=16 Agustus 963 – 10–11 Disember 969|caption=Maharaja Nicheporus Phocas|image=Nikiphoros Phokas.jpg|title=[[Maharaja Rom Timur]]|place of burial=[[Gereja Rasul Suci]]}}
'''Nicephorus Phoca''' atau '''Nikephoros II Phokas''' (sekitar tahun 912 hingga 10–11 Disember 969) adalah [[Maharaja Bizantium]] yang memerintah dari tahun 963 hingga 969. Dia berasal dari keluarga tentera.

Nicephorus adalah pakar strategi yang mahir. Sebagai maharaja, ia berjaya menawan [[Cyprus]] (965), [[Sicilia]] (965), dan Syria Utara termasuk [[Antioch]] (966/969). Dia memulakan perang melawan [[Bulgaria]] pada tahun 967. Nicephorus berhenti memberi penghormatan kepada Bulgaria dan menghasut Raja [[Sviatoslav I]] dari Kiev untuk menyerang Bulgaria. Kemudian, Sviatoslav melancarkan serangannya, tetapi akhirnya Nicephorus memperbaharui pakatannya dengan Bulgaria, dan kemudian menyerang [[Kiev Rus]].

== Sumber ==
* {{cite book|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium|title-link=Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=1991}}
* {{EB1911|wstitle=Nicephorus|volume=19|pages=647–648}}
* {{cite book|last=Norwich|first=John Julius|author-link=John Julius Norwich|title=Byzantium: The Apogee|year=1991|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|location=New York|isbn=0-394-53779-3}}
* {{cite book|first=George T. |last=Dennis |title=Three Byzantine Military Treatises|location=Washington, DC |publisher=[[Dumbarton Oaks]]|year=2008 |isbn=978-0-88402-339-5}}
* {{cite journal|title=The Byzantine Conquest of Cilicia and the Hamdanids of Aleppo, 959–965|first=William|last=Garrood|journal=Anatolian Studies|volume=58|year=2008|pages=127–140|publisher=British Institute at Ankara|issn=0066-1546|jstor=20455416|doi=10.1017/s006615460000870x}}
* {{cite book|last1=Kaldellis|first1=Anthony|title=Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 A.D. to the First Crusade|date=2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190253226}}
* Taxiarchis Kolias, " Nicephorus II Focas 963–969, The Military Leader Emperor and his reforms ", Vasilopoulos Stefanos D. Athens 1993, {{ISBN|9789607100658}}, (Worldcat, Greek National Bibliography 1993,  Biblionet).
* Ioannes A. Melisseides & Poulcheria Zavolea Melisseidou, "Nikefhoros Phokas (El) Nikfur", ek ton Leontos tou Diakonou, Kedrenou, Aboul Mahasen, Zonara, Ibn El Athir, Glyka, Aboulfeda k.a. Historike Melete, Vol.1–2, Vergina, Athens 2001, {{ISBN|9789607171887}} (Vol.1) {{ISBN|9789607171894}} (Vol.2), (Worldcat, Greek National Bibliography 2001/2007/2009,  Biblionet).
* {{cite book|last1=Romane|first1=Julian|title=Byzantium Triumphant|date=2015|publisher=Pen and Sword Books|isbn=978-1473845701|pages=6}}
* {{PMBZ | volume=online | url = http://www.degruyter.com/view/db/pmbz}}

== Pautan luar ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021002125015/http://members.fortunecity.com/fstav1/emperors/niceph.html A more detailed profile of the Emperor]
* [http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/nicephorus_II/t.html Nicephorean coinage]
* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/30_20_0963-0969-_Nicephorus_Phokas.html Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes]