Byzantine armed forces

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The Byzantine armed forces were the military institutions of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, combining professional land armies and a powerful navy to defend and expand the empire over more than a millennium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
alsoKnownAs Byzantine military
Eastern Roman military
appliesToJurisdiction Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
basedOn late Roman military system
country Byzantine Empire
employed Varangian Guard
Western European mercenaries
foederati
steppe nomad mercenaries
endTime 1453
followedBy Ottoman armed forces
garrisonedIn Constantinople
governedBy domestikos ton scholon
emperor of the Byzantine Empire
megas doux
strategoi
hasComponent Byzantine army
Byzantine imperial guard
Byzantine navy
allied contingents
mercenary contingents
tagmata
thematic troops
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
Middle Ages
maintained frontier fortifications
imperial arsenals
naval dockyards
notableCommander Alexios I Komnenos
Basil II
Belisarius
Heraclius
John Tzimiskes
linked to: John I Tzimiskes

Narses
Nikephoros Phokas
partOf Byzantine Empire
precededBy Roman imperial army
primaryRole defense of the Byzantine Empire
recruitedFrom Anatolia
Balkans
themes (military districts)
secondaryRole imperial expansion
significantBattle Battle of Kleidion
Battle of Manzikert
Battle of Nineveh (627)
Battle of Yarmouk
Fall of Constantinople (1453)
Fourth Crusade siege of Constantinople
linked to: Fourth Crusade

Siege of Constantinople (717–718)
startTime 4th century
usedCurrency nomisma
solidus
usedDoctrine military manuals such as the Praecepta Militaria
military manuals such as the Strategikon
military manuals such as the Taktika of Leo VI
usedEquipment Greek fire
cataphract cavalry armor
chain mail
composite bow
dromon warship
lamellar armor
shields
spears
swords
usedLanguage Greek
Latin
usedReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
usedTactic ambush tactics
combined arms warfare
feigned retreat
fortified frontiers
naval ramming and boarding
strategic defense in depth
use of Greek fire in naval combat

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Byzantine navy partOf Byzantine armed forces
Battle of Bapheus combatant Byzantine imperial army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Belisarius militaryBranch Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Narses militaryBranch Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Manuel Kantakouzenos militaryBranch Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Theodore (Byzantine general) militaryBranch Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Varangians servedIn Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
limitanei successorConcept Byzantine akritai
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Gelimer defeatedBy Byzantine forces
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese mainBelligerent Byzantine Greek forces
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Emperor of the East commanded Eastern Roman army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Theme of Hellas usedBy Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Byzantine armed forces alsoKnownAs Byzantine military
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Byzantine armed forces alsoKnownAs Eastern Roman military
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Byzantine armed forces hasComponent Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Aegean Sea Theme usedBy Byzantine military
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Joannes overthrownBy army of the Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Battle of Acheloos (917) combatant Byzantine forces
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Macedonia (Byzantine theme) usedBy Byzantine military administration
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Byzantium: The Apogee coversTopic Byzantine warfare
linked to: Byzantine armed forces
Battle of Ajnadayn combatant Byzantine army
linked to: Byzantine armed forces