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en-wikipedia-org-7698		Nikephoros III Botaneiates - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	7390	715	64	Nikephoros served in the revolt of Isaac I Komnenos against the Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas, leading forces at the decisive Battle of Petroe. The need for an immediate successor was made pressing by the constant Seljuk raids into Byzantine Anatolia, and Eudokia, Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople, and the Byzantine Senate agreed that their top priority was the defense of the empire and that they needed an emperor to lead troops to repel the Turks. The most comprehensive account of Nikephoros III's life and reign is The History, written in the 1070s by the Byzantine historian Michael Attaleiates and dedicated to Nikephoros himself. This was almost certainly used by Nikephoros to add legitimacy to his later rule; however, it may be true, as the Psellos calls Nikephoros III "Phocas" in his reproduction of Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Doukas' letter to Nikephoros. Nikephoros is next mentioned for his role in the revolt of Isaac I Komnenos against the Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas (r.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7698.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7698.txt