Territorial change of Byzantine Empire

“Byzantine Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 633 to 1474. Its territory was largest in AD 633, at ≈ 2.34 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 633 – 633≈ 2.34 million km²
AD 634 – 637≈ 2.27 million km²
AD 638 – 640≈ 1.68 million km²
AD 641 – 646≈ 1.06 million km²
AD 647 – 655≈ 761 thousand km²
AD 656 – 660≈ 1.04 million km²
AD 661 – 665≈ 1.19 million km²
AD 666 – 673≈ 1.07 million km²
AD 674 – 681≈ 966 thousand km²
AD 682 – 691≈ 952 thousand km²
AD 692 – 704≈ 943 thousand km²
AD 705 – 717≈ 843 thousand km²
AD 718 – 723≈ 744 thousand km²
AD 724 – 731≈ 734 thousand km²
AD 732 – 740≈ 704 thousand km²
AD 741 – 749≈ 694 thousand km²
AD 750 – 750≈ 703 thousand km²
AD 751 – 767≈ 694 thousand km²
AD 768 – 777≈ 679 thousand km²
AD 778 – 782≈ 676 thousand km²
AD 783 – 787≈ 678 thousand km²
AD 788 – 805≈ 703 thousand km²
AD 806 – 813≈ 703 thousand km²
AD 814 – 829≈ 697 thousand km²
AD 830 – 839≈ 691 thousand km²
AD 840 – 849≈ 659 thousand km²
AD 850 – 859≈ 638 thousand km²
AD 860 – 865≈ 626 thousand km²
AD 866 – 869≈ 626 thousand km²
AD 870 – 874≈ 625 thousand km²
AD 875 – 875≈ 637 thousand km²
AD 876 – 877≈ 638 thousand km²
AD 878 – 879≈ 637 thousand km²
AD 880 – 885≈ 649 thousand km²
AD 886 – 895≈ 637 thousand km²
AD 896 – 897≈ 633 thousand km²
AD 898 – 910≈ 635 thousand km²
AD 911 – 921≈ 623 thousand km²
AD 922 – 925≈ 623 thousand km²
AD 926 – 935≈ 640 thousand km²
AD 936 – 946≈ 721 thousand km²
AD 947 – 959≈ 720 thousand km²
AD 960 – 960≈ 743 thousand km²
AD 961 – 961≈ 749 thousand km²
AD 962 – 969≈ 762 thousand km²
AD 970 – 979≈ 893 thousand km²
AD 980 – 989≈ 900 thousand km²
AD 990 – 999≈ 836 thousand km²
AD 1000 – 1002≈ 865 thousand km²
AD 1003 – 1009≈ 922 thousand km²
AD 1010 – 1014≈ 974 thousand km²
AD 1015 – 1017≈ 1.04 million km²
AD 1018 – 1027≈ 1.14 million km²
AD 1028 – 1039≈ 1.18 million km²
AD 1040 – 1045≈ 1.18 million km²
AD 1046 – 1055≈ 1.21 million km²
AD 1056 – 1065≈ 1.19 million km²
AD 1066 – 1071≈ 1.15 million km²
AD 1072 – 1084≈ 1.04 million km²
AD 1085 – 1093≈ 514 thousand km²
AD 1094 – 1098≈ 510 thousand km²
AD 1099 – 1110≈ 703 thousand km²
AD 1111 – 1125≈ 676 thousand km²
AD 1126 – 1138≈ 676 thousand km²
AD 1139 – 1146≈ 684 thousand km²
AD 1147 – 1151≈ 664 thousand km²
AD 1152 – 1168≈ 655 thousand km²
AD 1169 – 1176≈ 728 thousand km²
AD 1177 – 1187≈ 728 thousand km²
AD 1188 – 1191≈ 494 thousand km²
AD 1192 – 1201≈ 432 thousand km²
AD 1202 – 1205≈ 387 thousand km²
AD 1206 – 1226≈ 4,348 km²
AD 1279 – 1284≈ 256 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293≈ 239 thousand km²
AD 1294 – 1304≈ 252 thousand km²
AD 1305 – 1313≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 1314 – 1325≈ 155 thousand km²
AD 1326 – 1332≈ 155 thousand km²
AD 1333 – 1343≈ 166 thousand km²
AD 1344 – 1351≈ 164 thousand km²
AD 1352 – 1362≈ 77 thousand km²
AD 1363 – 1374≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1384≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 1385 – 1394≈ 38 thousand km²
AD 1395 – 1401≈ 11 thousand km²
AD 1407 – 1414≈ 11 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1430≈ 12 thousand km²
AD 1431 – 1439≈ 23 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1467≈ 24 thousand km²
AD 1468 – 1474≈ 800 km²
AD 633AD 1474

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 633 – 633 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 633≈ 2.34 million km²5 of 69
AD 634≈ 2.27 million km²5 of 66
AD 638≈ 1.68 million km²6 of 71
AD 641≈ 1.06 million km²6 of 71
AD 644≈ 1.06 million km²5 of 74
AD 647≈ 761 thousand km²6 of 70
AD 656≈ 1.04 million km²5 of 69
AD 661≈ 1.19 million km²4 of 68
AD 666≈ 1.07 million km²4 of 67
AD 674≈ 966 thousand km²5 of 69
AD 682≈ 952 thousand km²5 of 68
AD 692≈ 943 thousand km²6 of 67
AD 705≈ 843 thousand km²6 of 68
AD 710≈ 843 thousand km²6 of 69
AD 718≈ 744 thousand km²7 of 69
AD 724≈ 734 thousand km²7 of 69
AD 732≈ 704 thousand km²8 of 67
AD 741≈ 694 thousand km²8 of 71
AD 750≈ 703 thousand km²10 of 76
AD 751≈ 694 thousand km²8 of 77
AD 755≈ 694 thousand km²7 of 79
AD 757≈ 694 thousand km²8 of 76
AD 763≈ 694 thousand km²8 of 74
AD 768≈ 679 thousand km²9 of 75
AD 772≈ 679 thousand km²9 of 72
AD 775≈ 679 thousand km²9 of 73
AD 778≈ 676 thousand km²9 of 72
AD 783≈ 678 thousand km²10 of 73
AD 788≈ 703 thousand km²9 of 68
AD 793≈ 703 thousand km²9 of 78
AD 800≈ 703 thousand km²9 of 77
AD 806≈ 703 thousand km²9 of 73
AD 814≈ 697 thousand km²9 of 76
AD 825≈ 697 thousand km²10 of 77
AD 830≈ 691 thousand km²11 of 77
AD 840≈ 659 thousand km²10 of 80
AD 850≈ 638 thousand km²9 of 86
AD 860≈ 626 thousand km²11 of 89
AD 866≈ 626 thousand km²11 of 95
AD 870≈ 625 thousand km²11 of 94
AD 875≈ 637 thousand km²13 of 97
AD 876≈ 638 thousand km²13 of 97
AD 878≈ 637 thousand km²13 of 100
AD 880≈ 649 thousand km²11 of 102
AD 882≈ 649 thousand km²12 of 101
AD 884≈ 649 thousand km²13 of 102
AD 886≈ 637 thousand km²14 of 104
AD 887≈ 637 thousand km²13 of 107
AD 888≈ 637 thousand km²12 of 108
AD 892≈ 637 thousand km²12 of 108
AD 896≈ 633 thousand km²13 of 109
AD 898≈ 635 thousand km²12 of 115
AD 899≈ 635 thousand km²12 of 117
AD 900≈ 635 thousand km²12 of 114
AD 911≈ 623 thousand km²11 of 123
AD 922≈ 623 thousand km²10 of 117
AD 926≈ 640 thousand km²12 of 112
AD 936≈ 721 thousand km²10 of 116
AD 947≈ 720 thousand km²11 of 117
AD 960≈ 743 thousand km²11 of 118
AD 961≈ 749 thousand km²11 of 119
AD 962≈ 762 thousand km²10 of 120
AD 970≈ 893 thousand km²9 of 115
AD 980≈ 900 thousand km²9 of 111
AD 990≈ 836 thousand km²9 of 126
AD 1000≈ 865 thousand km²10 of 126
AD 1003≈ 922 thousand km²9 of 125
AD 1010≈ 974 thousand km²10 of 130
AD 1015≈ 1.04 million km²10 of 141
AD 1018≈ 1.14 million km²9 of 138
AD 1028≈ 1.18 million km²8 of 130
AD 1034≈ 1.18 million km²9 of 129
AD 1040≈ 1.18 million km²10 of 136
AD 1046≈ 1.21 million km²8 of 136
AD 1056≈ 1.19 million km²10 of 146
AD 1066≈ 1.15 million km²10 of 138
AD 1072≈ 1.04 million km²10 of 138
AD 1085≈ 514 thousand km²15 of 137
AD 1094≈ 510 thousand km²16 of 135
AD 1099≈ 703 thousand km²12 of 139
AD 1111≈ 676 thousand km²12 of 140
AD 1126≈ 676 thousand km²12 of 138
AD 1139≈ 684 thousand km²11 of 140
AD 1147≈ 664 thousand km²11 of 148
AD 1152≈ 655 thousand km²12 of 140
AD 1169≈ 728 thousand km²12 of 137
AD 1177≈ 728 thousand km²12 of 136
AD 1188≈ 494 thousand km²14 of 134
AD 1192≈ 432 thousand km²19 of 132
AD 1202≈ 387 thousand km²21 of 135
AD 1206≈ 4,348 km²134 of 149
AD 1210≈ 4,348 km²133 of 146
AD 1216≈ 4,348 km²131 of 143
AD 1220≈ 4,348 km²131 of 143
AD 1279≈ 256 thousand km²18 of 122
AD 1285≈ 239 thousand km²20 of 128
AD 1294≈ 252 thousand km²22 of 145
AD 1305≈ 172 thousand km²33 of 152
AD 1314≈ 155 thousand km²34 of 151
AD 1326≈ 155 thousand km²30 of 144
AD 1333≈ 166 thousand km²31 of 145
AD 1344≈ 164 thousand km²37 of 148
AD 1352≈ 77 thousand km²64 of 139
AD 1356≈ 77 thousand km²64 of 139
AD 1363≈ 70 thousand km²70 of 147
AD 1375≈ 44 thousand km²82 of 154
AD 1385≈ 38 thousand km²84 of 154
AD 1392≈ 38 thousand km²84 of 154
AD 1395≈ 11 thousand km²111 of 149
AD 1407≈ 11 thousand km²109 of 141
AD 1415≈ 12 thousand km²107 of 136
AD 1422≈ 12 thousand km²105 of 132
AD 1429≈ 12 thousand km²107 of 130
AD 1431≈ 23 thousand km²91 of 130
AD 1440≈ 24 thousand km²93 of 129
AD 1450≈ 24 thousand km²96 of 127
AD 1453≈ 24 thousand km²96 of 130
AD 1459≈ 24 thousand km²98 of 132
AD 1463≈ 24 thousand km²96 of 132
AD 1468≈ 800 km²135 of 140

Its highest rank was in AD 661: number 68 of 4.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 30 by area (of 42 in total).

FrameOther countryArea
AD 641lostRashidun Caliphate≈ 609 thousand km²
AD 1085lostSeljuk Empire≈ 523 thousand km²
AD 638lostRashidun Caliphate≈ 358 thousand km²
AD 1099gainedSultanate of Rum≈ 238 thousand km²
AD 647lostRashidun Caliphate≈ 195 thousand km²
AD 656gainedRashidun Caliphate≈ 193 thousand km²
AD 666lostUmayyad Caliphate≈ 116 thousand km²
AD 1072lostSeljuk Empire≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1018gainedFirst Bulgarian Empire≈ 104 thousand km²
AD 705lostUmayyad Caliphate≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 674lostUmayyad Caliphate≈ 91 thousand km²
AD 718lostUmayyad Caliphate≈ 88 thousand km²
AD 936gainedAbbasid Caliphate≈ 82 thousand km²
AD 661gainedUmayyad Caliphate≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1206lostSecond Bulgarian Empire≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 724gainedUmayyad Caliphate≈ 66 thousand km²
AD 634lostRashidun Caliphate≈ 64 thousand km²
AD 724lostUmayyad Caliphate≈ 62 thousand km²
AD 980gainedKievan Rus'≈ 61 thousand km²
AD 1015gainedFirst Bulgarian Empire≈ 61 thousand km²
AD 990lostFirst Bulgarian Empire≈ 60 thousand km²
AD 970gainedHamdanid dynasty≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 1003gainedFirst Bulgarian Empire≈ 57 thousand km²
AD 1010gainedFirst Bulgarian Empire≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 661gainedRashidun Caliphate≈ 48 thousand km²
AD 1202lostSultanate of Rum≈ 45 thousand km²
AD 1375lostOttoman Empire≈ 42 thousand km²
AD 1188lostSultanate of Rum≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1028gainedKingdom of Vaspurakan≈ 41 thousand km²
AD 1046gainedBagratid Armenia≈ 39 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Roman Empire · Western Roman Empire · Latin Empire · Sasanian Iberia

Succeeded by: Emirate of Crete · Ottoman Empire · Duchy of Brescia · Maona of Chios and Phocaea · Latin Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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