Note 112
From Chapter 52 of the Decline & Fall

Notwithstanding the insinuation of Zonaras Ancient Greek 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).