The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Byzantine Empire:

Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) – the Constantinople-centred Roman Empire of the Middle Ages. It is also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, primarily in the context of Late Antiquity, while the Roman Empire was still administered with separate eastern and western political centres. In its own time, there was no such thing as "the Byzantine Empire," there was just the ongoing Roman Empire; "Byzantine Empire" is a scholarly term of convenience to differentiate the empire from its earlier existence during classical antiquity before the western half collapsed (see decline of the Roman Empire). Its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire (, Basileia Rhōmaiōn;. ) or Romania (). After the Western Roman Empire fragmented and collapsed in the 5th century, the eastern half continued to thrive, existing for an additional thousand years until it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. During much of its existence, the empire was the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe.

Geography of the Byzantine Empire

Regions of the Byzantine Empire Albania under the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Armenia Byzantine Crete Byzantine Egypt Byzantine Greece Byzantine North Africa Spania

Administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire Subdivisions of the Byzantine Empire

Provinces of the Byzantine Empire Bithynia Byzacena Byzantine Crete Catepanate of Italy Catepanate of Serbia Drougoubiteia Duchy of Perugia Duchy of Rome Duchy of the Pentapolis Duchy of Venetia Egypt (Roman province) Europa (Roman province) Duchy of Gaeta Galatia (Roman province) Haemimontus Helenopontus Honorias Isauria Mauretania Caesariensis Mauretania Tingitana Mesopotamia (Roman province) Moesia Secunda Duchy of Naples Palaestina Prima Paphlagonia Paristrion Phrygia Pacatiana Phrygia Salutaris Pontus Polemoniacus Rhodope (Roman province) Scythia Minor Spania Theodorias (province) Thessaly

Themes of the Byzantine Empire Theme (Byzantine district)

Cities of the Byzantine Empire Constantinople (capital) Thessalonika

Affiliated polities Republic of Venice Frankokratia Despotate of Epirus Empire of Trebizond Bulgarian Empire Serbian Empire

Demography of the Byzantine Empire Population of the Byzantine Empire

Government and politics of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine emperors Byzantine emperors family tree Byzantine bureaucracy Byzantinism Byzantine diplomacy

Political institutions of the Byzantine Empire

Political institutions of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Senate

Byzantine law

Byzantine law

Military of the Byzantine Empire

Military of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine battle tactics Byzantine military manuals

Byzantine armed forces Byzantine army Byzantine navy

Military conflicts Byzantine wars

General history of the Byzantine Empire

History of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine civilisation in the twelfth century Byzantine Empire under the Amorian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Angelos dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Doukas dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Heraclian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Isaurian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Komnenos dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Leonid dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Macedonian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Nikephorian dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty Byzantine Empire under the Theodosian dynasty Byzantine Iconoclasm History of Lebanon under Byzantine rule History of the Jews in the Byzantine Empire Decline of the Byzantine Empire Fall of Constantinople

Military history of the Byzantine Empire List of Byzantine wars List of sieges of Constantinople Byzantine–Sassanid Wars Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 Lazic War Iberian War Anastasian War

Avar-Byzantine Wars Maurice's Balkan Campaigns

Byzantine-Lombard Wars Byzantine–Arab Wars Byzantine–Arab Wars (780–1180) Sack of Amorium (838) Rus'–Byzantine Treaty Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (907) Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (911) Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (945) Rus'–Byzantine War Rus'–Byzantine War (860) Rus'–Byzantine War (907) Rus'–Byzantine War (941) Rus'–Byzantine War (1024) Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) Byzantine–Venetian Treaty of 1082 The First Crusade The Fourth Crusade Byzantine–Venetian War (1294–1302) Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379 Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–1349) Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria Byzantine–Norman wars Byzantine–Seljuq Wars Byzantine–Georgian wars Byzantine–Mongol alliance Byzantine–Ottoman Wars

Works on Byzantine history Byzantine historiography and scholars Byzantine studies List of Byzantine scholars List of modern Byzantine historians

18th century Edward Gibbon

19th century Fyodor Uspensky J.B Bury

20th century Alexander Vasiliev (historian) Angeliki Laiou Anthony Bryer Alan Cameron Cyril Mango George Ostrogorsky Nikoloas Oikonomides Paul Magdalino Robert Browning Steven Runciman Warren Treadgold 21st Century

Anthony Kaldellis David Nicolle Peter Sarris Peter Heather John Haldon Mark Whittow

Culture of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine culture Byzantine architecture Byzantine art Macedonian art Byzantine dance Byzantine literature Acritic songs Byzantine novel Byzantine music Byzantine calendar Byzantine cuisine Byzantine dress Byzantine gardens Byzantine Greeks Byzantine philosophy

Religion in the Byzantine Empire History of late ancient Christianity State church of the Roman Empire Byzantine Papacy Eastern Orthodox Church Byzantine Rite Icons Byzantine Iconoclasm Degrees of Orthodox monasticism Mount Athos Saint Catherine's Monastery Paulicianism

Byzantine language

Medieval Greek

Byzantine economy Byzantine economy Byzantine agriculture Byzantine coinage Byzantine mints Byzantine silk Slavery in the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine education Byzantine university University of Constantinople Byzantine rhetoric

Byzantine science and technology Byzantine science Byzantine medicine List of Byzantine inventions

See also

Outline of classical studies Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress Albanian Greek Catholic Church Alexander (Byzantine emperor) Argyros (Byzantine family) Bandon (Byzantine Empire) Book of Job in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts Bristol Byzantine Byzantine & Christian Museum Byzantine Catholic World Byzantine Chain Byzantine Church, Lin Byzantine Discalced Carmelites Byzantine Fresco Chapel Byzantine Institute of America Byzantine Master of the Crucifix of Pisa Byzantine Museum of Antivouniotissa Byzantine Museum of Ioannina Byzantine Museum of Kastoria Byzantine Revival architecture Byzantine Rite Christianity in Canada Byzantine Rite Lutheranism Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Chania Byzantine commonwealth Byzantine fault tolerance Byzantine heraldry Byzantine lyra Byzantine text-type Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church Chios Byzantine Museum Constantine III (Byzantine emperor) Cours (Byzantine general) Early Byzantine mosaics in the Middle East Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Martyrology for February Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Martyrology for January Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics Greek Byzantine Catholic Church Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church (Pittsburgh) Immortals (Byzantine) Irene Palaiologina (Byzantine empress) John the Deacon (Byzantine writer) Julian Byzantine Kephale (Byzantine Empire) Kleisoura (Byzantine district) Komnenian Byzantine army List of Byzantine foreign treaties List of Byzantine monuments in Istanbul List of Byzantine revolts and civil wars List of Byzantine scholars List of Byzantine usurpers List of Roman and Byzantine Empresses List of exiled and pretending Byzantine Empresses List of leaders during the Byzantine Papacy Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments Museum of Byzantine Culture Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire Norman-Arab-Byzantine culture Palaiologan Byzantine army Pannonia, Byzantine Empire Papias (Byzantine office) Phokas (Byzantine family) Political mutilation in Byzantine culture Prosopography of the Byzantine World Quantum Byzantine agreement Raoul (Byzantine family) Saint Anne Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite Serbo-Byzantine architecture St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church (Pittsburgh) St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral (Pittsburgh) St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church Toledo St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church

References

Sources

External links

Byzantine studies, resources and bibliography Fox, Clinton R. What, If Anything, Is a Byzantine? (Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors) . Byzantine studies homepage at Dumbarton Oaks. Includes links to numerous electronic texts. Byzantium: Byzantine studies on the Internet. Links to various online resources. Translations from Byzantine Sources: The Imperial Centuries, c. 700–1204. Online sourcebook. De Re Militari. Resources for medieval history, including numerous translated sources on the Byzantine wars. Medieval Sourcebook: Byzantium. Numerous primary sources on Byzantine history. Bibliography on Byzantine Material Culture and Daily Life. Hosted by the University of Vienna; in English. Constantinople Home Page. Links to texts, images and videos on Byzantium. Byzantium in Crimea: Political History, Art and Culture. Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (with further resources and a repository with papers on various aspects of the Byzantine Empire)

Miscellaneous

De Imperatoribus Romanis. Scholarly biographies of many Byzantine emperors. 12 Byzantine Rulers by Lars Brownworth of The Stony Brook School; audio lectures. NYTimes review. 18 centuries of Roman Empire by Howard Wiseman (Maps of the Roman/Byzantine Empire throughout its lifetime)