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This is a list of civil wars or other internal civil conflicts fought during the history of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire (330–1453). The definition of organized civil unrest is any conflict that was fought within the borders of the Byzantine Empire, with at least one opposition leader against the ruling government.
The civil war proved a critical turning point in the history of the Byzantine Empire. In the words of the Byzantinist Angeliki Laiou , "after the end of the second civil war, Byzantium was an empire in name only", [ 107 ] while according to Eva de Vries-Van der Velden, it marks "the point of rupture between the 'decline' and 'the fall' of the ...
This is a list of the wars or external conflicts fought during the history of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire (395–1453). For internal conflicts see the list of Byzantine revolts and civil wars.
The Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 was a series of conflicts between the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos and ... The civil war exhausted the empire ...
Pages in category "Civil wars of the Byzantine Empire" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Byzantine civil war of 1373–1379; E.
The Byzantine Empire entered into a new era of decay in 1341. The Empire was ravaged by multiple serious disasters [18] — alongside wars and civil wars, renewed epidemics of bubonic plague swept through its diminished lands. The first outbreak occurred in 1347, and between the 1360s and 1420s, eight further outbreaks of plague are recorded.
This category includes historical wars in which the Byzantine Empire ... Civil wars of the Byzantine Empire (2 C, 16 P) A. Abbasid–Byzantine wars (3 C, 5 P)
In 1354, an earthquake at Gallipoli devastated the fort, allowing the Ottomans (who were hired as mercenaries during the civil war by John VI Kantakouzenos) to establish themselves in Europe. [124] By the time the Byzantine civil wars had ended, the Ottomans had defeated the Serbians and subjugated them as vassals.