Byzantine History Timeline
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Updated: 28 Sep 2023
This comprehensive timeline attempts to highlight the major events of Byzantine history in an accessible and straightforward way, while also including coinciding events of broader Late Roman and medieval European/Islamic history to provide a better perspective.
Contributors
Created byYianni Contis
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Reigns of the Byzantine Emperors
Periods
Constantine I "the Great"Constantius IIJulian "the Apostate"JovianValentinian IValensGratianTheodosius I "the Great"ArcadiusTheodosius IIMarcianLeo I "the Great" and "the Butcher"Leo II "the Little"BasiliscusAnastasius I "Dicorus"Justin IJustinian I "the Great"Justin IITiberius II ConstantineMauricePhocasHercaliusConstantine IIIHeraclonasConstans II "the Bearded"Constantine IV "the Younger"Justinian II "the Slit-Nosed"LeontiusTiberius III ApsimarJustinian II "the Slit-Nosed" (again)Philippicus BardanesAnastasius II ArtemiusTheodosius IIILeo III "the Isaurian"Constantine V "the Dung-Named"ArtabasdosLeo IV "the Khazar"Constantine VIIrene of AthensNikephoros IStaurakiosMichael I RanagabeLeo V "the Armenian"Michael II "the Amorian"TheophilosMichael III "the Dunkard"Basil I "The Macedonian"Leo VI "the Wise"AlexanderRomanos I LekapenosConstantine VII PorphyrogenitusRomanos II PorphyrogenitusNikephoros II PhokasJohn I TzimiskesBasil II "the Bulgar-Slayer"Constantine VIII PorphoryogenitusRomanos III ArgyrosMichael IV "the Paphlagonian"Michael V "the Caulker"Zoe PorphyrogenitaTheodora PorphyrogenitaConstantine IX MonomachosMichael VI BringasIsaac I KomnenosConstantine X DoukasRomanos IV DiogenesMichael VII Doukas "Parapinakes"Nikephoros III BotaneiatesAlexios I KomnenosJohn II KomnenosManuel I KomnenosAlexios II KomnenosAndronikos I KomnenosIsaac II AngelosAlexios III AngelosAlexios IV AngelosAlexios V Doukas "Mourtzouphlos"Reign of Isaac II Angelos (again)Theodore I LaskarisJohn III VatatzesTheodore II LaskarisJohn IV LaskarisMichael VIII PalaiologosAndronikos II PalaiologosMichael IX PalaiologosAndronikos III PalaiologosJohn V PalaiologosJohn VI KantakouzenosAndronikos IV PalaiologosJohn V Palaiologos (again)John VII PalaiologosJohn V Palaiologos (again)Manuel II PalaiologosJohn VIII PalaiologosConstantine XI Dragases PalaiologosPeriods in Byzantine History
Periods
Construction of the Theodosian WallsBlack DeathTwenty Years' AnarchyHundred Years' WarMongol Invasion of EuropeGothic WarViking AgeReconquistaCrusades to the Holy LandIconoclasmLatin OccupationAnglo-Saxon PeriodMacedonian RenaissanceByzantine "Dark" AgesSlavic Migrations to the BalkansKomnenian RestorationPlague of JustinianIslamic Golden AgePalaiologan RenaissanceFirst CrusadeSecond CrusadeThird CrusadeFourth CrusadeEvents in Byzantine History
Events
Battle of the Milvian BridgeFounding of ConstantinopleFall of the Western Roman EmpireCompletion of the Hagia SophiaNika RiotsEdict of MilanCoronation of CharlemagneCreation of the TetarchyFall of ConstantinopleFirst Council of NiceaGreat SchismBattle of ManzikertSack of ConstantinopleReconquest of ConstantinopleBattle of KleidionInstitution of the Varangian GuardFounding of the Great LavraReconquest of RomeBattle of NinevehBattle of Mu'tahBattle of the YarmukBattle of Stamford BridgeViking Raid on LindisfarneBattle of ToursBattle of AdrianopleFirst Council of ConstantinopleCouncil of EphesusCouncil of ChalcedonPublication of the Corpus Juris CivilisVandalic WarBattle of HastingsBattle of AgincourtSiege of OrléansBattle of PoitiersSecond Council of ConstantinopleThird Council of ConstantinopleSecond Council of NiceaMigration of the Anglo-Saxons to BritainDeath of MuhammadFall of the MoreaFall of TrebizondBattle of Antioch on the MeanderBattle of DyrrhachiumBattle of LevounionBattle of KeramaiaEdict of ThessalonikiSiege of ChandaxBaptism of the Rus'First Arab Siege of ConstantinopleSiege of NicaeaBattle of DorylaeumSiege of AntiochSiege of Jerusalem
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