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Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire
Non-Dynastic (AD 813-820)

In AD 395, the Roman empire finally split permanently, creating formal Eastern Roman and Western Roman empires, acknowledging what had existed in practise for many years.

Eastern Roman Emperor Basil II in iconography

(Information by Peter Kessler, and from External Link: History of the Byzantine Empire (Live Science).)

813 - 820

Leo V the Armenian

Successor to the Nicophoran dynasty.

c.820

Cyprus is taken by the Islamic empire. Leo V is succeeded by Michael II, heralding the start of the Phrygian dynasty.

 
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