• Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty
    The Byzantine Empire was ruled by emperors of the dynasty of Heraclius between 610 and 711. The Heraclians presided over a period of cataclysmic events...
    71 KB (8,716 words) - 02:39, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty
    The Byzantine Empire underwent a golden age under the Justinian dynasty, beginning in 518 AD with the accession of Justin I. Under the Justinian dynasty...
    21 KB (2,001 words) - 18:22, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty
    Decline of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian...
    23 KB (2,682 words) - 18:18, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty
    Empire under the Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian...
    41 KB (5,016 words) - 18:35, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty
    Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty Byzantine...
    51 KB (6,822 words) - 20:08, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty
    The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Isaurian dynasty (or Syrian dynasty) from 717 to 802. The Isaurian emperors were successful in defending and consolidating...
    37 KB (4,446 words) - 19:44, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Theodosian dynasty
    The Eastern Roman Empire was ruled by the Theodosian dynasty from 379, the accession of Theodosius I, to 457, the death of Marcian. The rule of the Theodosian...
    8 KB (844 words) - 18:25, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Byzantine emperors
    Rome to Byzantium, the Empire's integration of Christianity, and the predominance of Greek instead of Latin. The Byzantine Empire was the direct legal continuation...
    74 KB (1,123 words) - 06:25, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty
    The Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty underwent a revival during the late 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries. Under the Macedonian emperors...
    16 KB (1,789 words) - 18:31, 7 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynasty
    I, the first Emperor of the Justinian dynasty. Family tree of Byzantine emperors Treadgold (1997), 152–155 Cameron (2000), 553 "Byzantine Empire". Encyclopædia...
    8 KB (849 words) - 18:23, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty
    The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople...
    64 KB (8,449 words) - 16:53, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynasty
    The Amorian dynasty (or Phrygian dynasty) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 820 to 867. The Amorian dynasty continued the policy of restored iconoclasm...
    10 KB (773 words) - 18:38, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynasty
    The Nikephorian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire began following the deposition of the Empress Irene of Athens. The throne of the Byzantine Empire passed...
    6 KB (352 words) - 18:44, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Outline of the Byzantine Empire
    Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian...
    17 KB (1,539 words) - 21:31, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twenty Years' Anarchy
    extinguishing the Heraclian line. Justinian had taken the Byzantine empire yet further from its origins. He effectively abolished the historical role...
    8 KB (694 words) - 13:03, 6 June 2024
  • Theodosian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Twenty...
    27 KB (248 words) - 19:43, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Empire of Nicaea
    The Empire of Nicaea (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων) or the Nicene Empire was the largest of the three Byzantine Greek rump states founded by the aristocracy...
    25 KB (3,097 words) - 01:07, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of the Byzantine Empire
    The Byzantine Empire's history is generally periodised from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. From the 3rd to 6th centuries,...
    138 KB (17,289 words) - 09:05, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire
    The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...
    240 KB (25,958 words) - 07:49, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Empire under the Constantinian and Valentinianic dynasties
    Byzantine Empire under the Constantinian and Valentinianic dynasties was the earliest period of the Byzantine history that saw a shift in government from...
    16 KB (1,664 words) - 18:26, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Theme (Byzantine district)
    until the very end of the Empire. During the late 6th and early 7th centuries, the Byzantine Empire was under frequent attack from all sides. The Sassanid...
    54 KB (4,145 words) - 09:39, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heraclian revolt
    Heraclius the Younger reached Constantinople, executed Phocas, and was proclaimed as emperor, establishing the Heraclian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. Various...
    5 KB (293 words) - 14:02, 21 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Macedonian dynasty
    The Macedonian dynasty (Greek: Μακεδονική Δυναστεία) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 867 to 1056, following the Amorian dynasty. During this period, the...
    16 KB (1,195 words) - 20:57, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for First Bulgarian Empire
    became an important power in the region competing with the Byzantine Empire. As the state solidified its position in the Balkans, it entered into a centuries-long...
    146 KB (17,387 words) - 09:17, 20 September 2024
  • Subdivisions of the Byzantine Empire were administrative units of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire (330–1453). The Empire had a developed administrative...
    12 KB (1,282 words) - 11:09, 11 February 2023
  • Since its fall, the issue of succession to the Byzantine Empire has been a major point of contention both geopolitically, with different states laying...
    94 KB (12,195 words) - 14:07, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Armenia
    Heraclius began the Heraclian Dynasty (610–717). Basil I is another example of an Armenian beginning a dynasty; the Macedonian dynasty. His father was Armenian...
    9 KB (901 words) - 17:17, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fall of Constantinople
    The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire...
    114 KB (12,898 words) - 22:05, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Decline of the Byzantine Empire
    The Byzantine Empire experienced cycles of growth and decay over the course of nearly a thousand years, including major losses during the early Muslim...
    47 KB (6,461 words) - 21:08, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Byzantine Iconoclasm
    the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities within the Ecumenical Patriarchate...
    58 KB (7,816 words) - 13:44, 22 July 2024