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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]] (and/or [[Battle of Mindouos]]) – [[Sassanid Persia]]ns defeat Byzantines under [[Belisarius]], death of [[Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith]].
* 530 –
** [[Battle of Dara]] – [[Belisarius]] defeats the Persians
** [[Battle of Satala (530)|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 Mount Bourgaon]]
* 536 – [[Siege of Naples (536)|Siege of Naples]] – Byzantines capture [[Naples]]
* 537 – [[Battle of Scalas Veteres]]
* 537–38 – [[Siege of Rome (537–538)|Siege of Rome]] – Byzantines defend Rome against the [[Ostrogoths]]
*538 – 
**[[Siege of Ariminum (538)|Siege of Ariminum]] – Byzantines take Ariminum from the Ostrogoths 
**[[Siege of Urbinus]] – Byzantines take Urbinus from the Ostrogoths 
**[[Siege of Urviventus]] – Byzantines take Urviventus from the Ostrogoths 
*539 – [[Siege of Auximus]] – Byzantines take Auximus from the Ostrogoths 
*539–540 [[Siege of Ravenna (539–540)|Siege of Ravenna]] — Byzantines force the Ostrogothic king to surrender 
* 541 – 
** [[Siege of Petra (541)|Siege of Petra]] – Sasanians capture Petra, Lazica from the Byzantines
** [[Battle of Nisibis (541)|Battle of Nisibis]] – Byzantines defeat the Persians 
** [[Siege of Sisauranon (541)|Siege of Sisauranon]] – The Sasanian garrison went over to the Byzantine side
** [[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 (542–543)|Siege of Naples]] – Totila recaptures Naples
* 543 – [[Battle of Anglon (543)|Battle of Anglon]] – The Byzantine invasion of Persarmenia is defeated
* 544 – 
** [[Battle of Cillium]] – The Byzantine governor of Africa [[Solomon (magister militum)|Solomon]] is killed by the Moors
** [[Siege of Edessa (544)|Siege of Edessa]] – Unsuccessful siege of the Byzantine fortress of [[Edessa]] by the Sasanians
* 546 – [[Sack of Rome (546)|Sack of Rome]] by [[Totila]], King of the [[Ostrogoths]]
*546 or 547 – [[Battle of Sufetula (546 or 547)|Battle of Sufetula]] – Byzantine victory over the Moors
* 548 – [[Battle of the Fields of Cato]] – The new Byzantine commander, [[John Troglita]], crushes the Moorish uprising
* 551 – 
** [[Battle of Sena Gallica (551)|Battle of Sena Gallica]] – Byzantine fleet destroys the Ostrogothic navy
** [[Siege of Petra (550–551)]] – Byzantines recapture and destroy [[Petra, Lazica]] from the Sasanians
* 552 – [[Battle of Taginae]] – [[Narses]] replaces [[Belisarius]] and defeats [[Ostrogoths]] under [[Totila]]
* 553 –
** [[Battle of Mons Lactarius]] [[Narses]] defeats the [[Ostrogoths]] under [[Teia]]
** [[Battle of Telephis–Ollaria]] – Byzantines are repelled by a Sasanian assault
* 554, October – [[Battle of the Volturnus (554)|Battle of the Volturnus]] – Narses defeats the [[Franks]]
* 559  – [[Battle of Melantias]] – [[Belisarius]] defeats the [[Kutrigurs]]
* 555 – [[Siege of Phasis]] – Sasanian siege of the town Phasis is defeated by the Byzantines
* 573 – 
** [[Siege of Nisibis (573)|Siege of Nisibis]] – Failed Byzantine siege of [[Nisibis]]
** [[Siege of Dara (573)|Siege of Dara]] – [[Sassanid Empire]] captures the strategic fortress of [[Dara (Mesopotamia)|Dara]]
* 576 – [[Battle of Melitene (576)|Battle of Melitene]] – [[Byzantine Empire]] defeats the [[Sassanid Empire]]
* 586 – [[Battle of Solachon]] – [[Byzantine Empire]] defeats the [[Sassanid Empire]]
* 588 – [[Battle of Martyropolis (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 (613)|Battle of Antioch]]
* 614 –
** [[Siege of Caesarea (614)|Siege of Caesarea]]
** [[Sasanian conquest and occupation of Jerusalem|Siege of Jerusalem]]
* 622 - [[Battle of Ophlimus]]. A Byzantine victory as a result of clever tactics by Heraclius
* 624 - [[Battle of Ganzak]]. Heraclius crushes Khosrow's army
* 625 - [[Battle of Archesh]]. Byzantine empire capture Persarmenia
* 626 – [[Siege of Constantinople (626)|Siege of Constantinople]]
* 627 – [[Battle of Nineveh (627)|Battle of Nineveh]]
* 629 – [[Battle of Mu'tah]]
* 634 –
** [[Battle of Bosra]]
** [[Battle of Ajnadayn]]
** [[Battle of Fahl]]
** [[Siege of Damascus (634)|Siege of Damascus]]
** [[Battle of Maraj-al-Debaj]]
* 635–636 – [[Siege of Emesa]]
* 636 – [[Battle of Yarmouk]]
* 637 –
** [[Siege of Jerusalem (637)|Siege of Jerusalem]]
** [[Battle of Hazir]]
* 637 –
** [[Siege of Aleppo (637)|Siege of Aleppo]]
** [[Battle of the Iron Bridge]]
* 638 – [[Siege of Germanicia]]
* 640 – [[Battle of Heliopolis]]
* 641 – [[Siege of Alexandria (641)|Siege of Alexandria]]
* 646 – [[Battle of Nikiou]]
* 647 – [[Battle of Sufetula (647)|Battle of Sufetula]]
* 655 – [[Battle of the Masts]]
* 674–678 – [[Siege of Constantinople (674–78)|Siege of Constantinople]]
* 680 – [[Battle of Ongal]]
* 682 or 683 – [[Battle of Vescera]]
* 692 – [[Battle of Sebastopolis]]
* 698 – [[Battle of Carthage (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 (717–18)|Siege of Constantinople]] – Second and last siege of Constantinople by the Arabs
* 727 – [[Siege of Nicaea (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 (756)|Battle of Marcellae]]
* 759 – [[Battle of the Rishki Pass]]
* 763 – [[Battle of Anchialus (763)|Battle of Anchialus]]
* 766 – [[Siege of Kamacha (766)|Siege of Kamacha]] – Unsuccessful Abbasid siege of the fort of Kamacha
* 774 – [[Battle of Berzitia]]
* 782 – [[Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (782)|Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor]] – [[Harun al-Rashid]] leads his troops as far as [[Üsküdar#Chrysopolis|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 (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 (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 (emperor)|Theophilos]] is defeated by the Abbasids under [[Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin|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 (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 (general)|Petronas]] annihilates the army of [[Malatya]] and kills its emir, [[Umar al-Aqta]]
* 868 – [[Siege of Ragusa (866–868)|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 (Emirate of Crete)|Photios]]
* 873 or 879 – [[Battle of the Gulf of Corinth]] – Byzantine fleet under [[Niketas Ooryphas]] defeats the [[Cretan Saracens]] under the renegade [[Photios (Emirate of Crete)|Photios]]
* 877–878 – [[Siege of Syracuse (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 (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 of Ifriqiya|Ibrahim II]], captures the fortress of [[Taormina]]
* 904 [[Sack of Thessalonica (904)|Sack of Thessalonica]]
* 915 [[Battle of Garigliano]]
* 917 –
** [[Battle of Achelous (917)|Battle of Achelous]]
** [[Battle of Katasyrtai]]
* 922 – [[Battle of Pegae]]
* 941 – [[Rus'–Byzantine War (941)|Rus' raid against Constantinople and Bithynia]]
* 953 – [[Battle of Marash (953)|Battle of Marash]]
* 958 – [[Battle of Raban]]
* 960 – [[Battle of Andrassos]]
* 962 – [[Siege of Taormina (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)|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 (995)|Battle of Thessalonica]]
* 997 – [[Battle of Spercheios]]
* 998 – [[Battle of Apamea]]

== 11th century ==
* 1004 – 
** [[Battle of Skopje]]
** [[Battle of Thessalonica (1004)|Battle of Thessalonica]]
* 1009 – [[Battle of Kreta]]
* 1014 – 
** [[Battle of Thessalonica (1014)|Battle of Thessalonica]]
** [[Battle of Kleidion]]
** [[Battle of Strumica]]
* 1015 – [[Battle of Bitola (1015)|Battle of Bitola]]
* 1017 – [[Battle of Setina]]
* 1018 – 
** [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1018)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]]
** [[Battle of Cannae (1018)|Battle of Cannae]]
* 1021 – [[Battle of Shirimni]]
* 1022 – [[Battle of Svindax]]
* 1024 – [[Battle of Lemnos (1024)|Battle of Lemnos]]
* 1030 – [[Battle of Azaz (1030)|Battle of Azaz]]
* 1040 –
** [[Battle of Thessalonica (1040)|Battle of Thessalonica]]
** [[Battle of Thessalonica (2nd 1040)|Battle of Thessalonica]]
* 1041 – 
** [[Battle of Ostrovo]]
** [[Battle of Olivento]]
** [[Battle of Montemaggiore]]
** [[Battle of Montepeloso]]
* 1043 – [[Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)|Rus' raid into the Aegean Sea]]
* 1047 – [[Battle of Sasireti]]
* 1048 – [[Battle of Kapetron]]
* 1053-[[Battle of Zygos Pass]]
* 1054 – [[Battle of Manzikert (1054)|Battle of Manzikert]]
* 1067 – [[Battle of Caesarea]]
* 1068–71 – [[Siege of Bari]]
* 1069 – [[Battle of Iconium (1069)|Battle of Iconium]]
* 1071 – [[Battle of Manzikert]]
* 1078 – [[Battle of Kalavrye]]
* 1081 – [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]]
* 1091 – [[Battle of Levounion]]
* 1097 – [[Siege of Nicaea]]

== 12th century ==
* 1107–1108 – [[Siege of Dyrrhachium (1107–1108)|Siege of Dyrrhachium]]
* 1113 – [[Siege of Nicaea (1113)|Siege of Nicaea]]
* 1116 – [[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 (1185)|Sack of Thessalonica]]
** [[Battle of Demetritzes]]
* 1187 – [[Siege of Lovech]]
* 1190 – [[Battle of Tryavna]]
* 1194 – [[Battle of Arcadiopolis (1194)|Battle of Arcadiopolis]]
* 1196 – [[Battle of Serres]]

== 13th century ==

* 1201 – [[Siege of Varna (1201)|Siege of Varna]]
* 1203 – [[Siege of Constantinople (1203)|Siege of Constantinople]] – First attack on Constantinople by the [[Fourth Crusade]], deposition of [[Alexios III Angelos]]
* 1204 – [[Siege of Constantinople (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)|Battle of Adramyttium]]
* 1205–06 – [[Siege of Trebizond (1205–06)|Siege of Trebizond]]
* 1207 – [[Siege of Attalia]]
* 1211 – 
** [[Battle of Antioch on the Meander]]
** [[Battle of the Rhyndacus (1211)|Battle of the Rhyndacus]]
* 1214 – [[Siege of Sinope]]
* 1222–23 – [[Siege of Trebizond (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 (1235)|Siege of Constantinople]] – Unsuccessful joint Bulgarian–Nicaean siege of Constantinople
* 1254 – [[Battle of Adrianople (1254)|Battle of Adrianople]]
* 1259 – [[Battle of Pelagonia]]
* 1260 – [[Siege of Constantinople (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 (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 – [[Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes|Conquest of Rhodes]] – Hospitallers capture Rhodes
* 1320 – [[Battle of Saint George]] — The [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] under [[Andronikos Asen]] ambush and defeat the forces of the [[Principality of Achaea]], securing possession of [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]].
* 1320–26 – [[Siege of Bursa|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 (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 (1411)|Siege of Constantinople]] – Ottomans failed to besiege Constantinople 
* 1422 – [[Siege of Constantinople (1422)|Siege of Constantinople]] – Ottomans failed to besiege Constantinople
* 1422–30 – [[Siege of Thessalonica (1422–30)|Siege of Thessalonica]] – Ottomans besiege and capture Thessalonica (after 1423 held by Venice)
* 1427 – [[Battle of the Echinades (1427)|Battle of the Echinades]] - Last naval battle ( and battle in general ) Byzantine empire won.
* 1453 – [[Fall of Constantinople]] – Ottoman Sultan [[Mehmed II]] captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire
* 1461 – [[Siege of Trebizond (1461)|Siege of Trebizond]] – Sultan Mehmed II captures Trebizond, ending the [[Empire of Trebizond]]

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