# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-phokas-the-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:54:58.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-phokas-the-elder"
name: "Leo Phokas the Elder"
slug: "leo-phokas-the-elder"
description: "Leo Phokas was an early 10th-century Byzantine general of the noble Phokas clan. As Domestic of the Schools, the Byzantine army's commander-in-chief, he led a large-scale campaign against the Bulgarians in 917, but was heavily defeated at the battles of Acheloos and Katasyrtai. He then plotted to seize the throne from the young Byzantine emperor Constantine VII, but was outmaneuvered by the admiral Romanos Lekapenos, who managed to become guardian and later father-in-law of the Emperor. After Lekapenos seized control of the Byzantine Empire, Leo led an unsuccessful revolt, and was captured and blinded."
tagline: "Byzantine general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blinding_of_Leo_Phokas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "801"
deathDate: "901"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.6
  momentum:             4.472167779642517
  historical:           16.423364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Лев Фока Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "ليون فوقاس الأكبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليون فوقاس الاكبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8A%D0%B2_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Лъв Фока"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lle%C3%B3_Focas_el_Vell"
    title: "Lleó Focas el Vell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Phokas_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Leon Phokas der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%A6%CF%89%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Λέων Φωκάς ο Πρεσβύτερος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Phokas_the_Elder"
    title: "Leo Phokas the Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leono_Fokas"
    title: "Leono Fokas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Focas_el_Viejo"
    title: "León Focas el Viejo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Phocas"
    title: "Léon Phocas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Phokas_yang_Tua"
    title: "Leo Phokas yang Tua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leone_Foca_il_Vecchio"
    title: "Leone Foca il Vecchio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ლეონ ფოკა უფროსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Fokas"
    title: "Leon Fokas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%A3o_Focas%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Leão Focas, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Лев Фока Старший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Foka_Stariji"
    title: "Leon Foka Stariji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B8"
    title: "Лав Фока Старији"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Fokas_(ya%C5%9Fl%C4%B1)"
    title: "Leo Fokas (yaşlı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump