The Twenty Years' Anarchy is a historiographic term used by some modern scholars for the period of acute internal instability in the Byzantine Empire...

Twenty Years' Anarchy Portrait Name Reign Notes Leontius Λέων(τιος) 695 – 698 (3 years) General from Isauria, he deposed Justinian II and was overthrown...

attempted usurpations (an average of one usurpation or attempt about every four years). From the murder of Commodus in 192 until the fifth century, there was...

Isaurian dynasty from 717 until his death in 741. He put an end to the Twenty Years' Anarchy, a period of great instability in the Byzantine Empire between 695...

in an effort to better Byzantium's fortunes. As the Empire was led into anarchy, the Exarchate of Carthage remained relatively out of reach of Persian...

of turmoil and instability in the Byzantine Empire known as The Twenty Years' Anarchy. Following the initial removal of the last hereditary ruler, Justinian...

the upheaval of the period in which Tiberius ruled, known as the Twenty Years' Anarchy. Some scholars, such as Walter Kaegi, identify Heraclius as Tiberius'...

often summered. Theodosius came to power during a period called the Twenty Years' Anarchy, defined by struggles between the emperors and the elites, and political...

until 1325. A total reign of 39 years a few weeks; just some months behind Empress Ariadne. A total reign of 25 years and about 10 months. Andronikos...

invasion be dealt with. Every citizen was told to gather enough food for three years for if the Arabs were to reach the straits it would undoubtedly be a lengthy...

John VI of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰωάννης, Iōannēs; died July 715) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 712 to 715. He had been preceded...

Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Twenty Years' Anarchy Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty Byzantine Empire under...

Empire, a state which began in roughly 27 BC and had lasted nearly 1,500 years. For many modern historians, the fall of Constantinople marks the end of...

Emperor Constantine IV. He led forces against the Umayyads during the early years of Justinian II's reign, securing victory and forcing the Umayyad caliph...

Melton, J. Gordon (2014). Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 Volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History. ABC-CLIO. p. 800. ISBN 9781610690263...

annual campaigns by the Byzantine army. The war was to drag on for nearly twenty years, but eventually, at the Battle of Kleidon the Bulgarian forces were completely...

Bariots refused to receive his troops and he spent his term at Otranto. Twenty years later, in 1067, the last Byzantine catepan in southern Italy, Mabrica...

Justinian to marry Theodora, who was of low social standing. In his last years, conflict increased around the Empire. There was increased strife with the...

fire-carrying ships equipped with nozzles (siphōn) by the Byzantines a couple of years before the supposed arrival of Kallinikos at Constantinople. If this is...

Numerous truces and alliances were formed and broken over the next few years, as the Byzantine successor states, the Latin Empire, the Bulgarian Empire...

Preceded by Justinian dynasty and Phocas Followed by Twenty Years' Anarchy...

Kyros of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Κῦρος; died 8 January 712) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 711. He is regarded as a...

Successor Anastasius II Born Bardanes Pergamum, Thracesian Theme (now Bergama, Izmir, Turkey) Died 713 Dynasty Twenty Years' Anarchy Father Nicephorus...

cutting off his nose in front of spectators at the Hippodrome. Twenty Years' Anarchy begins. 14th century banking crisis (the crash of the Peruzzi and...

Callinicus I of Constantinople (Greek: Καλλινίκος; died November 711) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 693 to 705. Callinicus I helped...

that led to his abdication — in 1320 Andronikos III, the young (in his twenties) grandson of Andronikos II was disinherited by the Emperor. Andronikos...

era Leonid era Justinian era Heraclian era "Byzantine Dark Ages" Twenty Years' Anarchy Middle (717–1204) Isaurian era Nikephorian era Amorian era Macedonian...

an unruly subordinate. Zeno was briefly deposed by Basilicus in 475 for twenty months, but regained his throne and imprisoned Basilicus and his family...

a revolt by Thomas the Slav, which became a civil war that lasted four years and almost cost Michael the throne. Michael continued the practice of iconoclasm...

emperor from 668 to 685. His reign saw the first serious check to nearly 50 years of uninterrupted Arab expansion, most notably his successful defence of...