Komnenian restoration

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Map of the Byzantine Empire c.1095, at the beginning of the Komnenian restoration.

The Byzantine empire under Manuel I Komnenos, c.1170. By this stage, much of Asia Minor and a large section of the Balkans had been recovered.

The Komnenian restoration is the term used by Byzantinists to describe the military, financial and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire under the Komnenian dynasty, from the accession of Alexios I Komnenos in 1081, to the death of Manuel I Komnenos in 1180. The Komnenian restoration is also closely linked to the establishment of the Komnenian army.

Significant battles of the Komnenian restoration include:

• The Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)
• The Battle of Levounion (1091)
• The Battle of Beroia (1122)
• The Battle of Sirmium (1167)
• The Battle of Myriokephalon (1176)

The Komnenian restoration came to an end in ca. 1185 with the death of the last Komnenian emperor, Andronikos I Komnenos. With his death, the Decline of the Byzantine Empire recommenced, and by 1204 Byzantium had ceased to be a great power.

[edit] See also

• Byzantium under the Komnenoi

[edit] Bibliography

• John Julius Norwich - A Short History of Byzantium.
• Michael Angold - The Byzantine Empire 1025-1204, A Political History.
• John Haldon - The Byzantine Wars.

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