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Nikephoros Xiphias

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Cut-out detail; background removed. Historical printed reproduction of the German slab with three crosses and a short inscription. — Fyodor Uspensky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Byzantine commander Nikephoros Xiphias went around the defences.

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Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Beate Zielke; Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Samuel (#26983) Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit, Zweite Abteilung (867–1025), online database
Marilia Lykaki The Byzantine masculinity at war: An approach on the manliness of the army in the Middle Byzantine Era PDF Byzantion Nea Hellás · 2020 · 229–253
Ralph-Johannes Lilie, Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Beate Zielke; Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften Nikephoros (#25661), Xiphias Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit, Zweite Abteilung (867–1025), online database

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John Skylitzes; Ioannes Thurn (editor) Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis Historiarum Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae. Berlin: De Gruyter · 1973 · 5 · 348–349 (Kleidion); 353,358–359 (Ohrid)
National Archaeological Institute with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Излезе от печат каталогът към изложбата „Цар Самуил († 1014) в битка за България“ NAIM-BAS, news, 29 October · 2014
Daniel Ziemann; Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung Das Erste bulgarische Reich. Eine frühmittelalterliche Großmacht zwischen Byzanz und dem Abendland PDF Online-Handbuch zur Geschichte Südosteuropas, Band 1: Herrschaft und Politik in Südosteuropa bis 1800 · 2016 · 1–44
Paul Stephenson The legend of Basil the Bulgar-slayer Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies · 2000 · 24 · 102–132
Paul Stephenson Basil II Boulgaroktonos: the origins of a legend PDF Βυζάντιο και Βούλγαροι (1018–1185). Διεθνή Συμπόσια 18. Athens: National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute for Byzantine Research · 2008 · 39–49
Anton Lefterov File:View of Belasica mountain range from Lake Kerkini.JPG Wikimedia Commons; imageinfo API metadata and image inspected
Predrag Komatina The Diocesan Structure of the Archbishopric of Ohrid in the Charters of Basil II: Historical Development until the Early 11th Century PDF Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta · 2023 · 60 · 789–821
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com File:Histamenon of Basil II & Constantine VIII.jpg Wikimedia Commons; imageinfo API metadata and image inspected

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Anton Lefterov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Belasitsa from Lake Kerkini. Illustration to the passage mentioning Nikephoros Xiphias.

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Anton Lefterov / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Modern landscape of the mountains seen from Kerkini. It does not show the battlefield or the exact flanking route. Processed image.

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