Byzantine Rulers by Dynasty

Can you name all the rulers of the Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire?

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The Empire of Nicaea is treated as the direct continuation of the empire for the purposes of this quiz.

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Last updated: March 29, 2021

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Constantinian Dynasty
324-337	Konstantinos I “the Great”
337-361	Konstantios II
337-350	Konstas I
361-363	Ioulianos "the Apostate"

Non-Dynastic








363-364	Iovianos

Valentinianic Dynasty
364-375	Valentinianos I “the Great”
364-378	Valens
378-379	Gratianos

Theodosian Dynasty
379-395	Theodosios I “the Great”
395-408	Arkadios
408-450	Theodosios II
450-453	Pulkheria
450-457	Markianos

Leonid Dynasty
457-474	Leon I “the Thracian”
474-474	Leon II
474-491	Zenon
475-476	Basiliskos
491-518	Anastasios I Dikoros

Justinian Dynasty
518-527	Ioustinos I
527-565	Ioustinianos I “the Great”
565-578	Ioustinos II
578-582	Tiberios II Konstantinos
582-602	Maurikios

Non-Dynastic
602-610	Phokas

Heraclian Dynasty
610-641	Iraklios
641-641	Konstantinos III
641-641	Konstantinos Herakleios (Heraklionas)
641-668	Konstas II Pogonatos
668-685	Konstantinos IV "the Younger"
685-695 & 705-711	Ioustinianos II Rhinotmetos ("the Slit-Nosed)

Twenty Years' Anarchy
695-698	Leontios
698-705	Tiberios III Apsimaros
711-713	Philippikos Bardanios
713-715	Anastasios II
715-717	Theodosios III

Isaurian Dynasty
717-741	Leon III “the Isaurian”
741-775	Konstantinos V Kopronymos (“the Dung-named”)
741-743	Artabasdos
775-780	Leon IV “the Khazar”
780-797	Konstantinos VI
797-802	Eirene Sarantapechaina of Athens

Nikephorian Dynasty
802-811	Nikephoros I Genikos ("the Logothete”)
811-811	Staurakios
811-813	Mikhael I Rangabe

Non-Dynastic
813-820	Leon V “the Armenian”

Amorian Dynasty
820-829	Mikhael II “the Amorian/the Stammerer”
829-842	Theophilos
842-867	Mikhael III “the Drunkard”

Macedonian Dynasty
867-886	Basileios I “the Macedonian”
886-912	Leon VI “the Wise/the Philosopher”
912-913	Alexandros
913-944 & 945-959	Konstantinos VII Flavios Porphyrogenitus "the Purple born"
920-944	Romanos I Lekapenos
959-963	Romanos II Porphyrogenitus "the Purple born"
963-969	Nikephoros II Phokas
969-976	Ioannes I Tzimiskes
976-1025	Basileios II Boulgaroktonos "the Bulgar-Slayer"
1025-1028	Konstantinos VIII Porphyrogenitus “the Purple-born”
1028-1050	Zoe Porphyrogenita “the Purple-born”
1028-1034	Romanos III Argyros
1034-1041	Mikhael IV “the Paphlagonian”
1041-1042	Mikhael V Kalaphates “the Caulker”
1042-1056	Theodora Porphyrogenita “the Purple-born”
1042-1055	Konstantinos IX Monomachos

Non-Dynastic
1056-1057	Mikhael VI Bringas Stratiotikos/Gerontas "the War-like/the Old"

Komnenid Dynasty
1057-1059	Isaakios I

Doukid Dynasty
1059-1067	Konstantinos X
1067-1078	Mikhael VII “Parapinakes”
1068-1071	Romanos IV Diogenes
1078-1078	Konstantios
1078-1081	Nikephoros III Botaneiates

Komnenid Dynasty
1081-1118	Alexios I
1118-1143	Ioannes II "the Good"
1143-1180	Manuel I “the Great”
1180-1183	Alexios II
1183- 1185	Andronikos I

Angelid Dynasty
1185-1195 & 1203-1204	Isaakios II
1195-1203	Alexios III
1203-1204	Isaakios II
1203-1204	Alexios IV
1204-1204	Alexios V “Mourtzouphlos”

Laskarid Dynasty
1205-1222	Theodoros I
1222-1254	Ioannes III Doukas Vatatzes
1254-1258	Theodoros II
1258-1261	Ioannes IV

Palaiologan Dynasty
1259-1282	Mikhael VIII
1282-1328	Andronikos II
1328-1341	Andronikos III
1341-1376, 1379-1390, & 1390-1391	Ioannes V
1347-1354	Ioannes VI Kantakouzenos
1376-1379	Andronikos IV
1390-1390	Ioannes VII
1391-1425	Manuel II
1425-1448	Ioannes VIII
1449-1453	Konstantinos XI Dragases

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