RULERS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE

Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Emperor (or Empress)Dates of Reign
Constantine I (the Great)330–37
Constantius337–61
Julian (the Apostate)361–63
Jovian363–64
Valens364–78
Theodosius I (the Great)379–95
Arcadius395–408
Theodosius II408–50
Marcian450–57
Leo I (the Great or the Thracian)457–74
Leo II474
Zeno474–75
Basiliscus475–76
Zeno (restored)476–91
Anastasius I491–518
Justin I518–27
Justinian I (the Great)527–65
Justin II565–78
Tiberius II Constantinus578–82
Maurice582–602
Phocas602–10
Heraclius610–41
Constantine III and Heracleonas641
Heracleonas641
Constans II Pogonatus641–68
Constantine IV668–85
Justinian II Rhinotmetus685–95
Leontius695–98
Tiberius III698–705
Justinian II (restored)705–11
Philippicus Bardanes711–13
Anastasius II713–15
Theodosius III716–17
Leo III (the Isaurian or the Syrian)717–41
Constantine V Copronymus741–75
Leo IV (the Khazar)775–80
Constantine VI780–97
Irene797–802
Nicephorus I802–11
Stauracius811
Michael I811–13
Leo V (the Armenian)813–20
Michael II (the Stammerer)820–29
Theophilus829–42
Michael III (the Drunkard)842–67
Basil I (the Macedonian)867–86
Leo VI (the Wise or the Philosopher)886–912
Alexander912–13
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus913–19
Romanus I Lecapenus919–44
Constantine VII (restored)944–59
Romanus II959–63
Basil II Bulgaroktonos963
Nicephorus II Phocas963–69
John I Tzimisces969–76
Basil II (restored)976–1025
Constantine VIII1025–28
Zoë and Romanus III Argyrus1028–34
Zoë and Michael IV (the Paphlagonian)1034–41
Zoë and Michael V Calaphates1041–42
Zoë and Theodora1042
Zoë, Theodora, and Constantine IX Monomachus1042–50
Theodora and Constantine IX1050–55
Theodora1055–56
Michael VI Stratioticus1056–57
Isaac I Comnenus1057–59
Constantine X Ducas1059–67
Michael VII Ducas (Parapinaces)1067–68
Romanus IV Diogenes1068–71
Michael VII Ducas (restored)1071–78
Nicephorus III Botaniates1078–81
Alexius I Comnenus1081–1118
John II Comnenus1118–43
Manuel I Comnenus1143–80
Alexius II Comnenus1180–83
Andronicus I Comnenus1183–85
Isaac II Angelus1185–95
Alexius III Angelus1195–1203
Isaac II (restored) and Alexius IV Angelus1203–4
Alexius V Ducas1204
Theodore I Lascaris1204–22
John III Vatatzes or Ducas1222–54
Theodore II Lascaris1254–58
John IV Lascaris1258–61
Michael VIII Palaeologus1259–82
Andronicus II Palaeologus1282–1328
Andronicus III Palaeologus1328–41
John V Palaeologus1341–76
John VI Cantacuzenus (usurper)1347–55
Andronicus IV Palaeologus1376–79
John V Palaeologus (restored)1379–91
John VII Palaeologus (usurper)1390
Manuel II Palaeologus1391–1425
John VII Palaeologus (restored as coemperor)1399–1412
John VIII Palaeologus1425–48
Constantine XI Palaeologus1449–53
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History of the Byzantine Empire: From Constantine the Great to the Epoch of the Crusades - Vol. 1
Book by A. A. Vasiliev, S. Ragozin; University of Wisconsin, 1928
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...such expressions as "Byzantine," "Greek," "Romanic," or "Graeco-Roman Empire" serve only to obscure...edition , concerned with the period preceding 800 A.D., A History of the Later Roman Empire...or even hostile, the rulers from time to time may...
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History of the Byzantine Empire
Book by George Finlay; J. M. Dent, 1906
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...volumes. His History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires was completed in 1854. Two years later came the volumes dealing with...in 1861, his History of the Greek Revolution...establish the power of the rulers on so firm and permanent...
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The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire
Book by J. M. Hussey; Clarendon Press, 1990
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Church History, Orthodox Eastern Church--Byzantine Empire
...List of Rulers, Popes, and...List of Maps...RESPONSE WITHIN THE HISTORICAL...watershed in the Byzantine Empire 9...control and the Empire thus spared...largely due to the quality of Byzantine rulers during both...
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The Byzantine Empire
Book by Norman H. Baynes; Henry Holt, 1926
Subjects: Byzantine Empire
...place of the Byzantine monarchs. It is true that the old Roman Empire was restored in the course of the thirteenth...most capable rulers on the field...For the Byzantine Court the Slav world is of primary importance...Saxony are rulers of the so-called...Within the Empire the second...
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History of the Byzantine Empire
Book by Charles Diehl, George B. Ives; Princeton University Press, 1925
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History
...governed by heretical barbarian rulers, loudly demanded the restoration of the imperial authority; and the prestige of the Empire was so great that even the...acknowledged the legitimacy of the Byzantine claims. Moreover, the rapid...
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An Examination of Church-state Relations in the Byzantine and Russian Empires with an Emphasis on Ideology and Models of Interaction
Journal article by Daniel P. Payne; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Byzantine civilization, Church & state, Gvosdev, Nikolas K, History, Nonfiction, Political behavior, Russia
...Relations in the Byzantine and Russian Empires with an Emphasis...and Models of Interaction...Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Meilen...of Eastern rulers up to the present...for the good of the empire. According...and future rulers in Eastern...
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Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon
Journal article by Christina Maranci; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, 2006
Subjects: Architecture, Art, Christianity, Memorials & monuments, Middle Ages, Religion, Sculpture
...alliances, Byzantine and Persian rulers routinely...about 614 the Persian king...the title of lanuter...number of Byzantine soldiers...formed one of the largest military...units of the empire as well as...reminded of the rulers great deeds...assurance of Armenian fidelity to the empire. For an Armenian...
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A Portrait of the Ottoman Cities
Journal article by Fatma Acun; The Muslim World, Vol. 92, 2002
Subjects: Cities, Cultural anthropology, Middle Eastern history, Ottoman Empire, Urban development
...brought the region under strong economic as well as political influence of Europe, more so than in other parts of the empire. The colonial rulers, France in North Africa and England in the Middle East, controlled the economies of these areas, subordinating...
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Enacting Justice, Ensuring Salvation: the Trope of the 'just Ruler' in Some Medieval Islamic Mirrors* for Princes
Journal article by Erik Ohlander; The Muslim World, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Civilization, Languages, Political ethics
...Islamic books of advice for rulers (nasihat al-muluk) so well known to historians of the pre-modern Islamic world...Hellenistic, Indic, and Byzantine) traditions commingle...Ottoman, and Safavid Empires in the 16th century, when...
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Late Medieval Crete and Venice: an Appropriation of Byzantine Heritage
Journal article by Maria Georgopoulou; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Anthropology, Art history, Byzantine civilization, Culture, Middle Ages, Venice Italy
...dangerous tie with the Byzantine empire. Orthodoxy represented...local resistance against the Venetian overlords.(26...between the Greek clergy of Crete and the Orthodox...in Candia served as the rulers private chapel and as the...
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The Elusive Eastern Empire: As the Royal Academy in London Opens a Major New Exhibition on the Artistic Splendours of the Byzantine Empire, Dionysios Stathakopoulos Surveys Its History, from Its Foundation in 324 to Its Conquest in 1453
Magazine article by Dionysios Stathakopoulos; History Today, Vol. 58, November 2008
Subjects: Byzantine Empire, 330-1453--History, Byzantine antiquities--Collections and collecting
...creating what was termed a Byzantine Commonwealth. With the state expanding and the...ancient epigrams, lives of saints, dictionaries...administrative division of the empire and a secret manual of...to stand above secular rulers. Certainly the schism...
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Take Me Back to Constantinople: How Byzantium, Not Rome, Can Help Preserve Pax Americana
Magazine article by Edward Luttwak; Foreign Policy, November 2009
Subjects: Byzantine Empire, 330-1453--Educational aspects, Byzantine Empire, 330-1453--Social aspects, Byzantium (Ancient city)--Educational aspects, Byzantium (Ancient city)--Social aspects, United States foreign relations
...take his place. All is constantly changing as rulers and nations rise and fall. Only the empire is eternal--if, that is, it does not exhaust itself...Strategic and International Studies and author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire.
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Byzantine Ghost Town Found in Egypt
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 122, August 1993
Subjects: Antiquities, Byzantine antiquities--Egypt, Egypt, Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt
...between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Islam. The site, Bir Umm Fawakhir...people during that era. "From Byzantine Egypt, we have tax rolls, legal...community. "In ancient times, if rulers wanted gold they would use any...
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The Fall of Constantinople: Judith Herrin Tells the Dramatic Story of the Final Moments of Byzantine Control of the Imperial Capital
Magazine article by Judith Herrin; History Today, Vol. 53, June 2003
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient
...moments of Byzantine control of the imperial...partner of the empire, Venice had...to become rulers. The Ottoman...Byzantine Empire: A Chronicle...Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople...The Late Byzantine Army: Arms...in Purple. Rulers of Medieval...
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Empire without End? the Fate of Rome and the Future of America
Magazine article by David Gress; World and I, Vol. 17, February 2002
Subjects: Latin literature--Criticism and interpretation, Manifest destiny--Criticism and interpretation, Messianism, American--Criticism and interpretation, Roman law--Influence, Virgil--Criticism and interpretation
...of several. Even though its rulers called themselves Roman emperors, the Byzantine era was a culture in its own right, a mixture of Greek, Roman, and Middle Eastern...blend of the earlier Roman Empire at its height and even from...
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THE FIELD OF GOLD; on a Midlands Farm, the Greatest Ever Haul of Saxon Artefacts Is Unearthed by a Jobless Treasure Hunter. Worth Millions, He Found It with a [Pounds Sterling]2.50 Metal Detector
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 25, 2009
Subjects: Archaeology
...Europe by traders. The gold probably came from the Byzantine Empire, the eastern remnant of the Roman Empire based in what is now Istanbul...an aggressive kingdom under Aethelred and other rulers. The gold could have been collected during wars...
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Royal in Byzantium
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 17, 2002
...in Purple: Rulers of Medieval...Antique and Byzantine Studies in...examined the lives of...rule the empire as a member...ruled the empire as sole emperor (she used the masculine form of the word...of women rulers. And rule...
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`Traditions' Meld in Flat-Woven Rugs
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, September 2, 2000
Subjects: Anatolia
...went on. The Ottoman rulers in the 16th century changed this...This forced settlement of many diverse groups merged...was part of the Armenian empire, then a garrison town of...easternmost edge of the Byzantine Empire. It fell to the...
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Why We Do Not Face Rome's Fate
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 10, 2009
Subjects: Goldsworthy, Adrian
...west in 476 A.D. The eastern, or Byzantine, Roman Empire survived for another 1,000 years, but the western half was the real cradle of modern western civilization, and...the demons within. Even the great rulers of the late empire, such as Diocletian...
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RUSSIAN ABSOLUTISM; the Habits Stalin Owed to the Czars Who Came Before
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 26, 2006
...Kiev Rus, draw political inspiration from the Byzantine (East Roman) Empire, where the concepts of "emperor" and "populace" deviated sharply from...justice." The idea of a "partnership" between rulers and ruled, a "sense of common destiny," shaped...
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Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RULERS OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE (table) Rulers of the Byzantine Empire Emperor (or Empress) Dates of Reign Constantine...Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...last ruler of united empire, 394 95 Emperors in the East (until the fall of Rome; see table entitled Rulers of the Byzantine Empire for later emperors) Arcadius, son of Theodosius I, 395 408 Theodosius II, son of Arcadius, 408 50...
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Byzantine Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...beliefs. Greek was the prevalent language, but Latin long continued in official use. See the table entitled Rulers of the Byzantine Empire for a list of all the Byzantine emperors and the years they reigned. Early Centuries The characteristic...
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Byzantine Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Byzantine workmen were employed by Arab rulers in the Holy Land and in Ottonian Germany...cent. Secular architecture in the Byzantine Empire has left fewer traces. Foremost among these are the ruins of the 5th-century walls of the city...
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Despotism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the quasi-divine rulers of the Middle East. In the Byzantine Empire, despot was a title...Church. The Ottoman Empire perpetuated the term as applied...18th-century doctrine of the Enlightenment...such absolutist rulers as Frederick the...
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