List of Byzantine battles

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The following is a list of battles fought by the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire, from the 6th century AD until its dissolution in the mid-15th century, organized by date. The list is not exhaustive. For battles fought by the Byzantine Empire's Roman predecessors, see List of Roman battles.

6th century

528 –

Battle of Thannuris – Sassanid Persians defeat Byzantines, death of Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith.

Battle of Mindouos – Sassanids defeat Belisarius

530 –

Battle of Dara – Belisarius defeats the Persians

Battle of Satala – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire

531 – Battle of Callinicum – Persian general Azarethes defeats Belisarius

533 –

13 September Battle of Ad Decimum – Belisarius defeats Vandals near Carthage

15 December Battle of Tricamarum – Belisarius defeats again the Vandals near Carthage.

535 –

Battle of Mammes

Battle of Bourgaon

536 – Siege of Naples – Byzantines capture Naples

537 – Battle of Scalas Veteres

537–38 – Siege of Rome – Byzantines defend Rome against the Ostrogoths

541 – Siege of Verona – Ostrogoths under Totila repel the Byzantines

542 –

Battle of Faventia – Ostrogoths under Totila defeat the combined Byzantine armies

Battle of Mucellium – Ostrogoths under Totila defeat the Byzantines

542–543 – Siege of Naples – Totila recaptures Naples

544 – Battle of Cillium – The Byzantine governor of Africa Solomon is killed by the Moors

546 – Sack of Rome by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths

548 – Battle of the Fields of Cato – The new Byzantine commander, John Troglita, crushes the Moorish uprising

551 – Battle of Sena Gallica – Byzantine fleet destroys the Ostrogothic navy

552 – Battle of Taginae – Narses replaces Belisarius and defeats Ostrogoths under Totila

553 – Battle of Mons Lactarius Narses defeats the Ostrogoths under Teia

554, October – Battle of the Volturnus – Narses defeats the Franks

555 – Siege of Phasis – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire

573 –

Siege of Nisibis – Failed Byzantine siege of Nisibis

Siege of Dara – Sassanid Empire captures the strategic fortress of Dara

576 – Battle of Melitene – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire

586 – Battle of Solachon – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire

588 – Battle of Martyropolis – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire

591 – Battle of Blarathon – Byzantines defeat Bahram Chobin and help Khosrau II to recover his throne

7th century

613 – Battle of Antioch

614 –

Siege of Caesarea

Siege of Jerusalem

626 – Siege of Constantinople

627 – Battle of Nineveh

634 –

Battle of Ajnadayn

Battle of Fahl

Siege of Damascus

Battle of Maraj-al-Debaj

635–636 – Siege of Emesa

636 – Battle of Yarmouk

637 –

Siege of Jerusalem

Battle of Hazir

637 –

Siege of Aleppo

Battle of the Iron Bridge

638 – Siege of Germanicia

640 – Battle of Heliopolis

641 – Siege of Alexandria

646 – Battle of Nikiou

647 – Battle of Sufetula

655 – Battle of the Masts

674–678 – Siege of Constantinople

680 – Battle of Ongal

682 or 683 – Battle of Vescera

692 – Battle of Sebastopolis

698 – Battle of Carthage

8th century

707–708 or 708–709 – Siege of Tyana – Umayyads besiege and capture Tyana

708 – Battle of Anchialus (708)

717–718 – Siege of Constantinople – Second and last siege of Constantinople by the Arabs

727 – Siege of Nicaea – Unsuccessful siege of Nicaea by the Arabs

740 – Battle of Akroinon – Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian destroys an Arab invasion force

746 – Battle of Keramaia

756 – Battle of Marcellae

759 – Battle of the Rishki Pass

763 – Battle of Anchialus

766 – Siege of Kamacha – Unsuccessful Abbasid siege of the fort of Kamacha

774 – Battle of Berzitia

782 – Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor – Harun al-Rashid leads his troops as far as Chrysopolis

788 – Battle of Kopidnadon – Byzantines defeated by Abbasid invasion

792 – Battle of Marcellae

9th century

804 – Battle of Krasos – Abbasid army defeats emperor Nikephoros I

806 – Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor – Harun al-Rashid invades Asia Minor and sacks Heraclea

811 – Battle of Pliska – Emperor Nikephoros I is defeated by Bulgarian army

827–828 – Siege of Syracuse – Unsuccessful siege of Syracuse by the Aghlabids

838 –

Battle of Anzen – Emperor Theophilos is defeated by the Abbasids under Afshin.

Sack of Amorium – Abbasids under Caliph al-Mu'tasim besiege and sack the city of Amorium

844 – Battle of Mauropotamos – Abbasid army defeats the Byzantines under Theoktistos

853 – Sack of Damietta – Byzantine fleet raids and captures the port of Damietta in Egypt

862 – Capture of Faruriyyah – Abbasids capture the border fortress of Farurriyah

863 – Battle of Lalakaon – Byzantine army under Petronas annihilates the army of Malatya and kills its emir, Umar al-Aqta

868 – Siege of Ragusa – Byzantine fleet under Niketas Ooryphas relieves Ragusa and restores Byzantine control over Dalmatia

872 or 878 – Battle of Bathys Ryax – The Byzantines defeat the Paulicians and kill their leader, Chrysocheir

872 or 873 – Battle of Kardia – Byzantine fleet under Niketas Ooryphas defeats the Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios

873 or 879 – Battle of the Gulf of Corinth – Byzantine fleet under Niketas Ooryphas defeats the Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios

877–878 – Siege of Syracuse – Fall of Syracuse to the Aghlabids

880 –

Battle of Cephalonia – Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet raiding western Greece in a night battle

Battle of Stelai – Nasar defeats an Aghlabid fleet off Calabria

896 – Battle of Boulgarophygon – Bulgarian Army defeats Byzantines under Leo Katakalon

10th century

902 – Siege of Taormina – The former Aghlabid emir, Ibrahim II, captures the fortress of Taormina

904 Sack of Thessalonica

917 –

Battle of Achelous

Battle of Katasyrtai

922 – Battle of Pegae

941 – Rus' raid against Constantinople and Bithynia

953 – Battle of Marash

958 – Battle of Raban

960 – Battle of Andrassos

962 – Siege of Taormina – The Fatimids capture the fortress of Taormina

965 – Battle of the Straits – The Fatimids destroy a Byzantine invasion fleet under Niketas Abalantes

970 – Battle of Arcadiopolis

970–971 – Siege of Dorostolon

971 – Battle of Alexandretta

986 – Battle of the Gates of Trajan

994 – Battle of the Orontes

995 – Battle of Thessalonica

997 – Battle of Spercheios

998 – Battle of Apamea

11th century

1004 –

Battle of Skopje

Battle of Thessalonica

1009 – Battle of Kreta

1014 –

Battle of Thessalonica

Battle of Kleidion

Battle of Strumica

1015 – Battle of Bitola

1017 – Battle of Setina

1018 –

Battle of Dyrrhachium

Battle of Cannae

1021 – Battle of Shirimni

1022 – Battle of Svindax

1024 – Battle of Lemnos

1030 – Battle of Azaz

1040 –

Battle of Thessalonica

1041 –

Battle of Ostrovo

Battle of Olivento

Battle of Montemaggiore

Battle of Montepeloso

1043 – Rus' raid into the Aegean Sea

1047 – Battle of Sasireti

1048 – Battle of Kapetron

1054 – Battle of Manzikert

1067 – Battle of Caesarea

1068–71 – Siege of Bari

1069 – Battle of Iconium

1071 – Battle of Manzikert

1078 – Battle of Kalavrye

1081 – Battle of Dyrrhachium

1091 – Battle of Levounion

1097 – Siege of Nicaea

12th century

1113 – Siege of Nicaea

1117 – Battle of Philomelion

1122 – Battle of Beroia

1167 – Battle of Sirmium

1176 – Battle of Myriokephalon

1177 – Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir

1185 –

Sack of Thessalonica

Battle of Demetritzes

1187 – Siege of Lovech

1190 – Battle of Tryavna

1194 – Battle of Arcadiopolis

1196 – Battle of Serres

13th century

1201 – Siege of Varna

1203 – Siege of Constantinople – First attack on Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, deposition of Alexios III Angelos

1204 – Siege of Constantinople – Second attack and capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, dissolution of the Byzantine Empire, establishment of the Latin Empire

1205 –

Battle of the Olive Grove of Kountouras

Battle of Adramyttium

1205–06 – Siege of Trebizond

1207 – Siege of Attalia

1211 –

Battle of Antioch on the Meander

Battle of the Rhyndacus

1214 – Siege of Sinope

1222–23 – Siege of Trebizond

1223 or 1224 – Battle of Poimanenon

1230 – Battle of Klokotnitsa – Bulgarians defeat and capture Theodore Komnenos Doukas

1235 – Siege of Constantinople – Unsuccessful joint Bulgarian–Nicaean siege of Constantinople

1254 – Battle of Adrianople

1259 – Battle of Pelagonia

1260 – Siege of Constantinople

1263 –

Battle of Prinitza

Battle of Settepozzi

1263 or 1264 – Battle of Makryplagi

1272/73 or 1274/75 –

Battle of Neopatras

Battle of Demetrias

1279 – Battle of Devina

1280–81 – Siege of Berat

14th century

1304 –

Battle of Bapheus – First Ottoman victory over the regular Byzantine army

Battle of Skafida – Bulgarians defeat the Byzantines

1305 - Battle of Apros -The Catalan Company defeats the Byzantines

1320–26 – Siege of Prussa – The Ottomans capture the city of Prussa, which becomes their capital

1329 – Battle of Pelekanon – The Ottomans defeat the last Byzantine attempt to defend Asia Minor

1328–31 – Siege of Nicaea – Ottomans capture the city of Nicaea

1332 – Battle of Rusokastro – Bulgarians defeat the Byzantines

1333–37 – Siege of Nicomedia – Fall of Nicomedia to the Ottomans

1354 – Fall of Gallipoli – Capture of Gallipoli by the Ottomans, first Ottoman stronghold in Europe

1366 – Reconquest of Gallipoli – Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, recovers Gallipoli for the Byzantines

1390 – Fall of Philadelphia – Ottomans capture Philadelphia, the last Byzantine stronghold in Asia

15th century

1411 – Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans besiege Constantinople

1422 – Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans besiege Constantinople

1422–30 – Siege of Thessalonica – Ottomans besiege and capture Thessalonica (after 1423 held by Venice)

1427 – Battle of the Echinades

1453 – Fall of Constantinople – Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire

1461 – Siege of Trebizond – Sultan Mehmed II captures Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond

References

List of Byzantine battles Wikipedia

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Contents

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

References