Byzantine armed forces

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armed forces military organization

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Byzantine army	8
Byzantine forces	2
Byzantine military	2
Byzantine Greek forces	1
Byzantine akritai	1
Byzantine armed forces canonical	1
Byzantine imperial army	1
Byzantine military administration	1
Byzantine warfare	1
Eastern Roman army	1
Eastern Roman military	1
army of the Eastern Roman Empire	1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Byzantine armed forces ⓘ surface form: Byzantine military Byzantine armed forces ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman military
appliesToJurisdiction	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
basedOn	late Roman military system ⓘ
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
employed	Byzantine Varangian Guard ⓘ surface form: Varangian Guard Western European mercenaries ⓘ foederati ⓘ steppe nomad mercenaries ⓘ
endTime	1453 ⓘ
followedBy	Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman armed forces
garrisonedIn	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
governedBy	domestikos ton scholon ⓘ emperor of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ megas doux ⓘ strategoi ⓘ
hasComponent	Byzantine armed forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Byzantine army Byzantine Varangian Guard ⓘ surface form: 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 I Tzimiskes ⓘ surface form: John Tzimiskes Narses ⓘ Nikephoros II Phokas ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Ottoman conquest of Constantinople ⓘ surface form: Fall of Constantinople (1453) Fourth Crusade ⓘ surface form: Fourth Crusade siege of Constantinople Second Arab siege of Constantinople (717–718) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine navy → partOf → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

Battle of Bapheus → combatant → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine imperial army

Belisarius → militaryBranch → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Narses → militaryBranch → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Manuel Kantakouzenos → militaryBranch → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Theodore (Byzantine general) → militaryBranch → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Varangians → servedIn → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

limitanei → successorConcept → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine akritai

Gelimer → defeatedBy → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine forces

Frankish conquest of the Peloponnese → mainBelligerent → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine Greek forces

Emperor of the East → commanded → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman army

Theme of Hellas → usedBy → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Byzantine armed forces → alsoKnownAs → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine military

Byzantine armed forces → alsoKnownAs → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Roman military

Byzantine armed forces → hasComponent → Byzantine armed forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army

Aegean Sea Theme → usedBy → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine military

Joannes → overthrownBy → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: army of the Eastern Roman Empire

Battle of Acheloos (917) → combatant → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine forces

Macedonia (Byzantine theme) → usedBy → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine military administration

Byzantium: The Apogee → coversTopic → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine warfare

Battle of Ajnadayn → combatant → Byzantine armed forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine army