Bardas Phokas the Younger

Bardas Phokas
Nickname(s)Phocas
Bornc. 940
Cappadocia, Byzantine Empire
(modern-day Turkey)
DiedApril 13, 989
Abydos, Opsikion, Byzantine Empire
(modern-day Çanakkale, Turkey)
AllegianceByzantine Empire
RankGeneral
Battles / warsBattle of Pankaleia

Bardas Phokas (or Phocas) (Greek: Βάρδας Φωκᾶς) (c. 940–13 April 989) was an eminent Byzantine general who took a conspicuous part in three revolts for and against the ruling Macedonian dynasty.