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. For external conflicts, see the
list of Byzantine wars. For the period before the division of the
Roman Empire in
West and East, see
List of Roman civil wars and revolts (753 BCE – 476 CE).
1071–1072: Byzantine war of succession, after Byzantine emperor
Romanos IV Diogenes was defeated in the
Battle of Manzikert (26 August 1071) and deposed when
John Doukas enthroned
Michael VII Doukas in Constantinople (24 October 1071). The war consisted of the Battle of Dokeia and the Sieges of Tyropoion and Adana, all of which Romanos lost. Simultaneously, the
Uprising of Georgi Voyteh (1072) took place in Bulgaria, which was also crushed by Michael VII.[1]
1202–1204:
Fourth Crusade was redirected to Constantinople to intervene in a Byzantine succession dispute after the deposition of emperor
Isaac II Angelos.
^Brian Todd Carey, Joshua B. Allfree, John Cairns (2012). Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071), p. 339–340.
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