ReadTalkEditHistoryToolsByzantine Empire topics NavboxLast edited on 2026-02-27 12:21:44 UTC Byzantine Empire topics [ Show/Hide ] History Preceding Roman Empire · Later Roman Empire Early (330–717) Constantinian–Valentinianic era: Constantinian dynasty · Valentinianic dynasty · Theodosian era · Leonid era · Justinian era · Heraclian era ("Byzantine Dark Ages") · Twenty Years' Anarchy Middle (717–1204) Isaurian era · Nikephorian era · Amorian era · Macedonian era · Doukid era · Komnenian era · Angelid era Late (1204–1453) Sack of Constantinople (Fourth Crusade) · Frankokratia (Latin Empire) · Successor states: Nicaea · Epirus–Thessalonica · Morea · Trebizond–Theodoro · Palaiologan era · Decline · Fall of Constantinople By modern region Albania · Anatolia · Armenia · Bulgaria · Corsica · Crete · Cyprus · Dalmatia · Egypt · Greece · Italy (Sardinia · Sicily) · Maghreb · Malta · Mesopotamia · Palestine · Serbia · Spain · Syria · Thrace Governance Central Emperors (Coronation · Family tree · Empresses) · Imperial bureaucracy · Senate · Early: Praetorian prefects · Magister officiorum · Comes sacrarum largitionum · Comes rerum privatarum · Quaestor sacri palatii · Middle: Logothetes tou dromou · Sakellarios · Logothetes tou genikou · Logothetes tou stratiotikou · Protasekretis · Epi ton deeseon · Late: Megas logothetes · Mesazon Provincial Early: Praetorian prefectures · Dioceses · Provinces · Quaestura exercitus · Exarchate of Ravenna · Exarchate of Africa · Middle: Themata · Kleisourai · Bandon · Catepanates · Late: Kephale · Despotates Foreign relations Diplomacy · Wars · Treaties · Diplomats Military Army Battle tactics · Battles · Beacon system · Military manuals · Revolts · Early: Late Roman army · East Roman army (Foederati · Bucellarii · Scholae Palatinae · Excubitors) · Middle: Themata · Tourma · Droungos · Tagmata · Domestic of the Schools · Hetaireia · Akritai · Varangian Guard · Late: Komnenian army (Pronoia) · Palaiologan army (Allagion · Paramonai) · Grand domestic Navy Karabisianoi · Maritime themata: Cibyrrhaeot · Aegean Sea · Samos · Dromon · Greek fire · Droungarios of the Fleet · Megas doux Conflicts Arab · Bulgarian · Georgian · Lombard · Norman · Ottoman · Persian · Rus' · Seljuk · Serbian Religion and law Religion Eastern Orthodoxy: Byzantine Rite · Hesychasm · Patriarchate of Constantinople · Oriental Orthodoxy: Alexandrian Rite · Armenian Rite · West Syriac Rite · Miaphysitism · Theological disputes: Ecumenical councils · Arianism · Monophysitism · Paulicianism · Iconoclasm · Great Schism · Bogomilism · Other: Mount Athos · Missions: Bulgaria · Moravia · Serbs · Kievan Rus' · Jews in the empire Law Codex Theodosianus · Corpus Juris Civilis (Code of Justinian) · Ecloga · Basilika · Hexabiblos · Political mutilation Culture and society Architecture Cross-in-square · Domes · Constantinople: Basilica Cistern · Baths of Zeuxippus · Blachernae Palace · Chora Church · City Walls · Great Palace · Hagia Irene · Hagia Sophia · Hippodrome (factions) · Pammakaristos Church · Thessalonica: Arch of Galerius and Rotunda · Hagia Sophia · Hagios Demetrios · Ravenna: San Vitale · Sant'Apollinare in Classe · Sant'Apollinare Nuovo · Other: Daphni Monastery · Hosios Loukas · Nea Moni of Chios · Saint Catherine's Monastery · Mystras Art Icons · Enamel · Glass · Mosaics (Early Byzantine mosaics) · Macedonian period art · Komnenian renaissance Economy Agriculture · Coinage · Mints · Trade (silk · Silk Road · Varangians) · Dynatoi Literature Novel · Acritic songs (Digenes Akritas) · Alexander Romance · Historians Everyday life Calendar · Cities · Cuisine · Dance · Dress · Flags and insignia · Gardens · Hellenization · Music (Lyra · Octoechos) · Population (Byzantine Greeks) · Women · Slavery · Units of measurement Science and learning Imperial Library · Inventions · Medicine · Philosophy (Rhetoric) · Scholars · University of Constantinople Impact and legacy Byzantine commonwealth · Byzantine studies · Byzantinism · Cyrillic script · Neo-Byzantine architecture · Greek scholars in the Renaissance · Third Rome · Megali Idea · Outline