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

• 503 - Siege of Amida (502–503) - The Persians captured the city of Amida.
• 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
• 559 – Battle of Melantias – Belisarius defeats the Kutrigurs
• 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
• 829 – Battle of Thasos – Byzantine fleet is defeated by Emirate of Crete
• 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
• After 883 : Siege of Euripos
• 888 – Battle of Milazzo - Aghlabids defeat Byzantines
• 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
• 915 Battle of Garigliano
• 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
  • 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
• 1138 – Siege of Shaizar
• 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
• 1310 - Conquest of Rhodes - Hospitaller capture Rhodes
• 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