"Buyid Dynasty" . "Principality of Tao" . "Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger" . "failed rebellion" . . . "Loyalist victory" . . . "Kievan Rus'" . . "*2,000Georgians,Armeniansuntil 988" . . . . "Byzantine Empire" . . "Bardas Skleros" . "Phokas (989)" . "Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger" . . . . . "loyalist forces plus 6,000Varangians" . . . . "revolt Bardas Phokas" . . . . "Support from:" . . "launching his own uprising" . . "Byzantine army of Asia Minor, plus 2,000 Caucasians" . "wide-scale rebellion" . "Second Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger" . "*Arabs until mid-987" . . . "Second Rebellion of" . . . "Phokas clan" . "Bardas Phokas the Younger, Rebellion of" . . "Basil II" . . "revolt" . .