Notwithstanding the insinuation of Zonaras etc., (tom. ii. l. xvi. p. 197), it is an undoubted fact, that Crete was completely and finally subdued by Nicephorus Phocas(Pagi, Critica, tom. iii. p. 873 - 875. Meursius, Creta, l. iii. c. 7, tom. iii. p. 464, 465).