List of Byzantine battles

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 Persians defeat Byzantines under Belisarius, death of Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith.
 * 530 –
 * Battle of Dara – Belisarius defeats the Persians
 * 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 – Byzantines capture Naples
 * 537 – Battle of Scalas Veteres
 * 537–38 – Siege of Rome – Byzantines defend Rome against the Ostrogoths
 * 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 — 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 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 – Totila recaptures Naples
 * 543 – Battle of Anglon – The Byzantine invasion of Persarmenia is defeated
 * 544 –
 * Battle of Cillium – The Byzantine governor of Africa Solomon is killed by the Moors
 * Siege of Edessa – Unsuccessful siege of the Byzantine fortress of Edessa by the Sasanians
 * 546 – Sack of Rome by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths
 * 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 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 – 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 – Failed Byzantine siege of Nisibis
 * Siege of Dara – Sassanid Empire captures the strategic fortress of Dara
 * 576 – Battle of Melitene – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire
 * 586 – Battle of Solachon – Byzantine Empire defeats the Sassanid Empire
 * 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
 * 614 –
 * Siege of Caesarea
 * Siege of Jerusalem
 * 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

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 – 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 emperor Leo 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 as 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 – 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 – 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 is defeated by the Abbasids under 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 – 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 annihilates the army of Malatya and kills its emir, Umar al-Aqta
 * 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
 * 873 or 879 – Battle of the Gulf of Corinth – Byzantine fleet under Niketas Ooryphas defeats the Cretan Saracens under the renegade Photios
 * 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 – 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, captures the fortress of Taormina
 * 904 Sack of Thessalonica
 * 915 Battle 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 – 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
 * 970–971 – 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

11th century

 * 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

12th century

 * 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
 * 1194 – Battle of Arcadiopolis
 * 1196 – Battle of Serres

13th century

 * 1201 – Siege of Varna
 * 1203 – Siege of Constantinople – First attack on Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, deposition of Alexios III Angelos
 * 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
 * 1205–06 – 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 capture Theodore 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

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 – Conquest of Rhodes – Hospitallers capture Rhodes
 * 1320 – Battle of Saint George — The Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
 * 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

15th century

 * 1411 – Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans besiege Constantinople
 * 1422 – Siege of Constantinople – Ottomans 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 Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire
 * 1461 – Siege of Trebizond – Sultan Mehmed II captures Trebizond, ending the Empire of Trebizond