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The 252 pages that link to Byzantine Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Battle of MyriokephalonNarrower topic: The battle was part of its long contest with Turkish powers for control of Anatolia.

• Byzantine chantNarrower topic: Its churches and imperial capital fostered the tradition's early development.

• Byzantine SenateNarrower topic: The Senate’s membership and authority changed with the empire’s political and social transformations.

• Byzantine–Bulgarian warsNarrower topic: Its imperial interests and resources shaped the conflicts with Bulgarian states.

• Catalan CompanyNarrower topic: The company’s eastern campaigns began as an effort to defend Byzantine territory.

• Constantine XI PalaiologosNarrower topic: Constantine XI’s death marked the empire’s final political defeat.

• De administrando imperioNarrower topic: The handbook presents strategies for governing and defending this empire.

• Eastern ChristianityNarrower topic: Its institutions and culture fostered the growth of Byzantine Christianity.

• John VI KantakouzenosNarrower topic: Kantakouzenos’s contested rule unfolded amid the empire’s shrinking territory and political fragmentation.

• Sack of ConstantinopleNarrower topic: The sack broke imperial control of Constantinople and divided Byzantine lands among rival states.

• Siege of NicaeaNarrower topic: The empire sought crusader military help while asserting its claim to territory recovered from Seljuk control.

• Vandalic WarNarrower topic: The campaign was launched by this empire to restore its authority in North Africa.

• AlexiadNarrower topic: The Alexiad’s court, wars, and succession struggles unfold within this larger imperial history.

• Basil INarrower topic: Basil’s reign strengthened this empire and framed its later Macedonian-era expansion.

• Battle of BapheusNarrower topic: Its weakening authority in Anatolia created the conditions for Ottoman expansion.

• Byzantine studiesNarrower topic: It is the historical society that Byzantine studies investigates.

• Byzantine–Sasanian frontierNarrower topic: Its eastern provinces and military policy formed the frontier's western side.

• Manuel I KomnenosNarrower topic: Manuel ruled this empire at a moment of renewed reach but persistent pressure on its borders.

• NicomediaNarrower topic: Nicomedia remained within the eastern Roman world after imperial government shifted westward from the city.

• Norman-Arab-Byzantine cultureNarrower topic: Byzantine religious and artistic traditions supplied one of the culture’s major strands.

• Plague of JustinianNarrower topic: Repeated outbreaks occurred within its territories and affected its capital.

• Romanos the MelodistNarrower topic: Romanos’s life and poetry belong to its early sixth-century Christian culture.

• Siege of Constantinople (674–678)Narrower topic: The capital’s survival preserved the empire as a major power in the eastern Mediterranean.

• Battle of KleidionNarrower topic: It waged the campaign that ended in the victory at Kleidion.

• Byzantine RenaissanceNarrower topic: The successive revivals unfolded within the empire's changing political fortunes.

• Byzantine–Ottoman WarsNarrower topic: The wars ended this empire after centuries of political and territorial decline.

• Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591Narrower topic: The victory briefly strengthened its eastern position and enhanced Maurice’s standing.

• Komnenian restorationNarrower topic: The restoration is a phase in the empire’s longer history, not a separate state or dynasty.

• Michael VIII PalaiologosNarrower topic: Michael restored its capital, but his reign did not reverse its long-term territorial decline.

• People's CrusadeNarrower topic: The expedition crossed Byzantine territory, whose officials struggled to manage its unruly crowds.

• Simeon I of BulgariaNarrower topic: Its rivalry with Bulgaria shaped Simeon’s campaigns and imperial ambitions.

• Varangian GuardNarrower topic: The Guard’s service spanned much of the empire’s later history and ended with its imperial order.

• Caesarea MaritimaNarrower topic: Caesarea remained a significant city under eastern Roman, or Byzantine, rule.

• Enrico DandoloNarrower topic: The Fourth Crusade fractured the empire and captured its capital during Dandolo’s dogeship.

• Hippodrome of ConstantinopleNarrower topic: The arena served as a major venue for imperial spectacle throughout Byzantine history.

• Julius NeposNarrower topic: Its eastern rulers’ recognition of Nepos kept the Roman imperial office formally unified after Italy’s political break.

• ThessalonikiNarrower topic: For centuries Thessaloniki was the empire’s second city and a major Christian center.

• Byzantine Civil War (1341–1347)Narrower topic: The war unfolded amid the empire's territorial contraction and weakened central authority.

• Byzantine–Norman WarsNarrower topic: Its defenses and diplomacy determined the wars’ outcomes and the limits of Norman expansion.

• Constantine IX MonomachosNarrower topic: Constantine’s policies and crises unfolded within the empire’s long struggle to preserve territory and authority.

• Cosmas IndicopleustesNarrower topic: Cosmas lived and wrote within this empire’s Christian intellectual world.

• FrankokratiaNarrower topic: Frankokratia arose from the conquest and division of Byzantine imperial territory.

• Roger de FlorNarrower topic: Roger's campaigns and political disputes unfolded within this empire.

• Anthemius of TrallesNarrower topic: Anthemius worked within its court, intellectual culture, and imperial building program.

• Byzantine GreeceNarrower topic: Byzantine Greece was a regional part of this empire, not a separate state.

• Byzantine musicNarrower topic: The empire's church, court, and cities fostered the tradition's early development.

• Constans IINarrower topic: Constans ruled during a major contraction of the empire's territory and resources.

• Constantine VIIINarrower topic: Constantine’s reign belongs to the empire’s eleventh-century political history.

• Zoe PorphyrogenitaNarrower topic: Zoe’s authority operated within the empire’s court, institutions, and succession traditions.

• Anastasius I DicorusNarrower topic: His reforms strengthened the state he governed during a formative period.