Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - Ko Nikephoros Xiphias (, ) he rangatira hoia Byzantine i te wa o te kingitanga o Emperor Basil II. I whai wāhi nui ia ki te raupatu a Byzantine o Bulgaria
, a he mea nui ki te wikitoria a Byzantine i te Pakanga o Kleidion i te tau 1014. I te tau 1022 i arahi ia i tetahi tutu kaore i angitu ki a Basil II, a ka whakahawea, ka whakakorehia, ka whakaraua. Ko te korero whakamutunga mo ia i te 1028, i te wa i whakahokia mai ai ia i te whakarau, ka reti ki tetahi whare karakia.