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After his coronation in December 969, Tzimiskes dispatched his brother-in-law [[Bardas Skleros]] to subdue a rebellion by [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Bardas Phokas]], a cousin of Tzimiskes who aspired to succeed their uncle as emperor. To solidify his position, Tzimiskes married [[Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII|Theodora]], a daughter of Emperor [[Constantine VII]]. He proceeded to justify his usurpation by repelling the foreign invaders of the Empire. The tributary of [[Aleppo]] was soon assured under the [[Treaty of Safar]]. In a series of campaigns against the [[Kievan Rus']] encroachment on the Lower [[Danube]] in 970–971, he drove the enemy out of [[Thrace]] in the [[Battle of Arcadiopolis (970)|Battle of Arcadiopolis]], crossed [[Haemus Mons|Mt. Haemus]], and [[Siege of Dorostolon|besieged the fortress of Dorostolon]] ([[Silistra]]) on the Danube for sixty-five days, where after several hard-fought battles he defeated Great Prince [[Svyatoslav I]] of Rus'. Tzimiskes and Svyatoslav ended up negotiating a truce, in which weaponry, armor and provisions were exchanged for the famished Rus' departure. On his return to Constantinople, Tzimiskes celebrated a triumph, built the [[Arslan Hane, Istanbul|Church of Christ of the Chalke]] as thanksgiving, divested the captive Bulgarian Emperor [[Boris II of Bulgaria|Boris II]] of the Imperial symbols, and proclaimed Bulgaria annexed. He further secured his northern frontier by transplanting to Thrace some colonies of the [[Bogomils|Paulicians]], whom he suspected of sympathising with their [[Muslim]] neighbours in the east.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
In 972, Tzimiskes turned against the [[Abbasid Empire]] and its vassals, beginning with an invasion of Upper [[Mesopotamia]]. A [[Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes|second campaign]], in 975, was aimed at [[al-Sham|Syria]], where his forces took [[
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