List of Byzantine Emperors Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
This is a list of Byzantine Emperors.Note: It is difficult to determine when exactly the Roman Empire ends and the Byzantine Empire begins; Diocletian split the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves for administrative purposes in 284. Candidates for the "first" Byzantine emperor include Constantine I (the first Christian emperor, who moved the capital to Constantinople), Valens (the Battle of Adrianople (378) provides one of the traditional cut-off events to mark the start of the medieval period), Arcadius (treating Theodosius I as the last emperor of a single Roman Empire), and Zeno I (as the last western emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed during his reign). Others date the beginning of the Empire even as late as Heraclius (who replaced the traditional Roman imperial title of "Augustus" with "Basileus", the Greek word for "Emperor", and discontinued the use of Latin by making Greek the official language). Numismatists note the monetary reforms of Anastasius I in 498, which used the Greek numbering system. Of course, the Byzantines themselves continued to think of their empire as "Roman" for over a millennium.
Constantinian dynasty
Non-dynastic
Valentinian-Theodosian dynasty
Dynasty of Leo
Justinian dynasty
Non-dynastic
Heraclian dynasty
Non-dynastic
Isaurian dynasty
Non-dynastic
Amorian (or Phrygian) dynasty
Macedonian dynasty
Non-dynastic
Ducaian-Comnenan dynasty
Angelan dynasty
Lascaran dynasty (in exile in the Empire of Nicaea during the time of the Latin Empire)
Palaeologan Dynasty (restored at Constantinople)
In 1453 Mehmed II overthrew the Byzantine Empire and claimed the title of Caesar; his successors continued this claim. See Osmanli for the complete list of Ottoman sultans.
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