The following is a list of battles fought by the Eastern Roman orByzantine 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, seeList of Roman battles.

• 503 –Siege of Amida (502–503) – The Persians captured the city of Amida.
• 528 –Battle of Thannuris (and/orBattle of Mindouos) –Sassanid Persians defeat Byzantines underBelisarius, death ofJabalah IV ibn al-Harith.
• 530 –
  • Battle of Dara –Belisarius defeats the Persians
  • Battle of Satala –Byzantine Empire defeats theSassanid Empire
• 531 –Battle of Callinicum – Persian generalAzarethes defeats Belisarius
• 533 –
  • 13 SeptemberBattle of Ad Decimum –Belisarius defeatsVandals nearCarthage
  • 15 DecemberBattle of Tricamarum – Belisarius defeats again the Vandals near Carthage.
• 535 –
  • Battle of Mammes
  • Battle of Mount Bourgaon
  • Siege of Panormus
• 536 –Siege of Naples – Byzantines captureNaples
• 537 –Siege of Salona – Byzantines defended against Ostrogothic attacks
• 537 –Battle of Scalas Veteres
• 537–38 –Siege of Rome – Byzantines defend Rome against theOstrogoths
• 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
• 539–540Siege of Ravenna — Byzantines force the Ostrogothic king to surrender
• 541 –
  • Siege of Petra – Sasanians capture Petra, Lazica from the Byzantines
  • Battle of Nisibis – Byzantines defeat the Persians
  • Siege of Sisauranon – The Sasanian garrison went over to the Byzantine side
  • Siege of Verona – Ostrogoths underTotila repel the Byzantines
• 542 –
  • Battle of Faventia – Ostrogoths underTotila defeat the combined Byzantine armies
  • Battle of Mucellium – Ostrogoths under Totila defeat the Byzantines
• 542–543 –Siege of Naples – Totila recaptures Naples
• 543 –Battle of Anglon – The Byzantine invasion of Persarmenia is defeated
• 544 –
  • Battle of Cillium – The Byzantine governor of AfricaSolomon is killed by the Moors
  • Siege of Edessa – Unsuccessful siege of the Byzantine fortress ofEdessa by the Sasanians
• 546 –Sack of Rome byTotila, King of theOstrogoths
• 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 – Byzantine fleet destroys the Ostrogothic navy
  • Siege of Petra (550–551) – Byzantines recapture and destroyPetra, Lazica from the Sasanians
• 552 –Battle of Taginae –Narses replacesBelisarius and defeatsOstrogoths underTotila
• 553 –
  • Battle of Mons Lactarius –Narses defeats theOstrogoths underTeia
  • Battle of Telephis–Ollaria – Byzantines are repelled by a Sasanian assault
• 554, October –Battle of the Volturnus – Narses defeats theFranks
• 559 –Battle of Melantias –Belisarius defeats theKutrigurs
• 555 –Siege of Phasis – Sasanian siege of the town Phasis is defeated by the Byzantines
• 573 –
  • Siege of Nisibis – Failed Byzantine siege ofNisibis
  • Siege of Dara –Sasanian Empire captures the strategic fortress ofDara
  • 573 –Battle of Apamea –Sasanian Empire sackedApamea
• 576 –Battle of Melitene –Byzantine Empire defeats theSasanian Empire
• 586 –Battle of Solachon –Byzantine Empire defeats theSasanian Empire
• 588 –Battle of Martyropolis –Byzantine Empire defeats theSasanian Empire
• 591 –Battle of Blarathon – Byzantines defeatBahram Chobin and helpKhosrau II to recover his throne

• 613 –Battle of Antioch
• 614 –
  • Siege of Caesarea
  • 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
• 627 –Battle of Nineveh
• 629 –Battle of Mu'tah
• 634 –
  • Battle of Bosra
  • 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

• 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 emperorLeo 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 asChrysopolis
• 788 –Battle of Kopidnadon – Byzantines defeated by Abbasid invasion
• 792 –Battle of Marcellae

• 804 –Battle of Krasos – Abbasid army defeats emperorNikephoros I
• 806 –Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor – Harun al-Rashid invades Asia Minor and sacks Heraclea
• 811 –Battle of Pliska – EmperorNikephoros I is defeated by Bulgarian army
• 827–828 –Siege of Syracuse – Unsuccessful siege of Syracuse by theAghlabids
• 829 –Battle of Thasos – Byzantine fleet is defeated byEmirate of Crete
• 838 –
  • Battle of Anzen – EmperorTheophilos is defeated by the Abbasids underAfshin.
  • Sack of Amorium – Abbasids under Caliphal-Mu'tasim besiege and sack the city of Amorium
• 844 –Battle of Mauropotamos – Abbasid army defeats the Byzantines underTheoktistos
• 853 –Sack of Damietta – Byzantine fleet raids and captures the port ofDamietta in Egypt
• 862 –Capture of Faruriyyah – Abbasids capture the border fortress of Farurriyah
• 863 –Battle of Lalakaon – Byzantine army underPetronas annihilates the army ofMalatya and kills its emir,Umar al-Aqta
• 868 –Siege of Ragusa – Byzantine fleet underNiketas Ooryphas relieves Ragusa and restores Byzantine control overDalmatia
• 872 or 878 –Battle of Bathys Ryax – The Byzantines defeat thePaulicians and kill their leader,Chrysocheir
• 872 or 873 –Battle of Kardia – Byzantine fleet underNiketas Ooryphas defeats theCretan Saracens under the renegadePhotios
• 873 or 879 –Battle of the Gulf of Corinth – Byzantine fleet underNiketas Ooryphas defeats theCretan Saracens under the renegadePhotios
• 877–878 –Siege of Syracuse – Fall of Syracuse to the Aghlabids
• 880 –
  • Battle of Cephalonia –Nasar defeats anAghlabid fleet raiding western Greece in a night battle
  • Battle of Stelai –Nasar defeats anAghlabid fleet offCalabria
• After 883 :Siege of Euripos
• 888 –Battle of Milazzo –Aghlabids defeat Byzantines
• 896 –Battle of Boulgarophygon – Bulgarian Army defeats Byzantines under Leo Katakalon

• 902 –Siege of Taormina – The formerAghlabid emir,Ibrahim II, captures the fortress ofTaormina
• 904Sack of Thessalonica
• 915Battle 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 – TheFatimids capture the fortress ofTaormina
• 965 –Battle of the Straits – TheFatimids destroy a Byzantine invasion fleet underNiketas 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

• 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
• 1053-Battle of Zygos Pass
• 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

• 1107–1108 –Siege of Dyrrhachium
• 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
  • Battle of Demetritzes
• 1187 –Siege of Lovech
• 1190 –Battle of Tryavna
• 1191 –Battle of South Morava
• 1194 –Battle of Arcadiopolis
• 1196 –Battle of Serres

• 1201 –Siege of Varna
• 1203 –Siege of Constantinople – First attack on Constantinople by theFourth Crusade, deposition ofAlexios III Angelos
• 1204 –Siege of Constantinople – Second attack and capture of Constantinople by theFourth Crusade, dissolution of the Byzantine Empire, establishment of theLatin 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 captureTheodore 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

• 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 – Hospitallers capture Rhodes
• 1320 –Battle of Saint George — TheByzantines underAndronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of thePrincipality of Achaea, securing possession ofArcadia.
• 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

• 1411 –Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans failed to besiege Constantinople
• 1422 –Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans failed to besiege Constantinople
• 1422–30 –Siege of Thessalonica – Ottomans besiege and capture Thessalonica (after 1423 held by Venice)
• 1427 –Battle of the Echinades - Last naval battle ( and battle in general ) Byzantine empire won.
• 1453 –Fall of Constantinople – Ottoman SultanMehmed II captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire
• 1461 –Siege of Trebizond – Sultan Mehmed II captures Trebizond, ending theEmpire of Trebizond

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