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The Byzantine Empire was the predominantly Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania by its contemporaries, the empire was centered on the capital of Constantinople and was ruled by emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman emperors after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
This project is to categories its inhabitants and their families, and standardise naming conventions.
Prominent Families
*Komnenos The Komnenoi originated in the village of Komne, near Philippopolis, Thrace. The Komnenos dynasty of Byzantine emperors was founded by Isaac I Komnenos
*Doukas The first branch of the family to achieve prominence was in the early 10th century with Andronikos Doukas who engaged in an unsuccessful rebellion and fled to baghdad, where he was killed
*Maleinos
*Gabras
*Argyros Argyros (Greek: Ἀργυρός, derived from ἄργυρος, "silver"), latinized as Argyrus, was the name of a prominent Byzantine family. They produced one Emperor, Romanos III, as well as other notables, including Pothos Argyros, Catepan of Italy.
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RULERS OF BYZANTIUM
- Arcadios 395 - 408
- Theodosius II 408 - 450
- Markianos 450 - 457
- Leo I 457 - 474
- Leo II 474
- Zeno 474 - 476
- Basiliskos 476 - 477
- Zeno (restored) 477 - 491
- Anastasios I 491 - 518
Justian family
- Justinus I 518 - 527
- Justinianus I "the Great" 527 - 565
- Justinus II 565 - 578
Tiberian family
- Tiberius II 578 - 582
Kappadocian family
- Maurikios 582 - 602
Thrakian family
- Phokas 602 - 610
Heraklian family
- Héraklios 610 - 641
- Héraklonas 641
- Konstantinos III 641
- Konstans II 641 - 668
- Konstantinos IV 668 - 685
- Justinianus II "Cut nose" 685 - 695
Leontian family
* Leontios 695 - 698
Apsimar family
- Tiberius III 698 - 705
Heraklian family
- Justinianus II "Cut nose" 705 - 711
Bardenes family
- Filippikos 711 - 713
Artemian family
- Anastasios II 713 - 715
Theodosian family
- Theodosios III 715 - 717
Isaurian family
- Leo III 717 - 741
- Konstantinos V 741 - 775
- Leo IV "the Khazar" 775 - 780
Irene 780 - 790, regent
- Konstantinos VI 780 - 797
Irene 792 - 802
Pisidian family
- Nikéforos I 802 - 811
- Staurakios 811
Rangabe family
- Michaél I 811 - 813
Armenian family
- Leo V 813 - 820
Frygian family
- Michaél II 820 - 829
- Theofilos 829 - 842
Theodora 842 - 856, regent
- Michaél III "Mythistés" 842/856 - 867
Macedonian family
- Basileos I 866 - 886
- Leo VI 886 - 912
- Alexandros 912 - 913
- Konstantinos VII 913 - 959
Lekapénos family
- Rómanos I "Lekapénos" 919 - 944
- Christoforos 921 - 931
Macedonian family
- Rómanos II 959 - 963
Fokas family
Nikéforos II 963 - 969
Tzimicses family
Ióannés I 969 - 976
Macedonian dynasty
- Basileios II "Bulgar Slayer" 976 - 1025
- Konstantinos VIII 976 - 1028
Rómanos III Argyros 1028 - 1034
Paphlagon family
Michaél IV 1034 - 1041
Michaél V 1041 - 1042
Macedonian dynasty
- Theodora 1042
- Zoé 1042
Konstantinos IX "Monomachos" 1042 - 1055
Macedonian dynasty
- Theodora 1055 - 1056
Stratioticus family
Michaél VI 1056 - 1057
Komnenos family
- Isaakios I 1057 - 1059
Dukas family
- Konstantinos X 1059 - 1067
Dalassena family
Eudokia 1067
Diogenes family
Rómanos V 1067 - 1071
Dukas family
- Michaél VII "Parapinaces" 1071 - 1078
Botaneiates family
Nikéforos III 1078 - 1081
Komnenos family
- Alexios I 1081 - 1118
- Ióannés II 1118 - 1143
- Manuél I 1143 - 1180
- Alexios II 1180 - 1183
- Andronikos I 1183 - 1185
Angelos family
- Issakios II 1185 - 1195
- Alexios III 1195 - 1203
- Issakios II 1203 - 1204 with
- Alexios IV 1203 - 1204
Dukas family
Alexios V 1204
Laskaris family
- Théodoros I Laskaris 1204 - 1222
Batatzes family
- Ióannés III Dukas Batatzes 1222 - 1254 in Nicea
- Théodoros II 1254 - 1258
- Ióannés IV 1254 - 1261
Palaiologos family
- Michaél VIII 1261 - 1282
- Andronikos II 1282 - 1328
- Michaél IX 1295 - 1320
- Andronikos III 1325 - 1341
- Ióannés V 1341 - 1376
Kantakuzenos family
- Ióannés VI 1347 - 1354
- Matthias 1353 - 1357
Palaiologos family
- Andronikos IV 1376 - 1379
- Ióannés V 1379 - 1391
- Ióannés VII 1390
- Ióannés V 1390 - 1391
- Manuel II 1391 - 1425
- Ióannés VII 1399 - 1402/08
- Andronikos V - 1408
- Ióannés VIII 1425 - 1448
- Konstantinos XI Dragasés 1448 - 1453