Konstantinos Porphyrogennetos, the fourth emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th century AD, referred to Asia Minor as East thema, " ανατολικόν θέμα " ( from the Greek words anatoli: east, thema: administrative division ), placing this region to the East of Byzantium, while Europe was lying to the West.

* 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.

The Byzantine emperor Basil II narrowly escaped.

Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.

* Alexander ( emperor ), Byzantine Emperor ( 912 – 913 )

Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (, 1056 – 15 August 1118 — note that some sources list his date of birth as 1048 ), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118, and although he was not the founder of the Komnenian dynasty, it was during his reign that the Komnenos family came to full power.

The crusader siege of Nicaea forced the city to surrender to the emperor in 1097, and the subsequent crusader victory at Dorylaion allowed the Byzantine forces to recover much of western Asia Minor.

* Raictor, a Byzantine monk who claimed to be the emperor Michael VII.

Alexios ' policy of integration of the nobility bore the fruit of continuity: every Byzantine emperor who reigned after Alexios I Komnenos was related to him by either descent or marriage.

Alexios II Komnenos or Alexius II Comnenus () ( 10 September 1169 – 24 September 1183, Constantinople ), Byzantine emperor ( 1180 – 1183 ), was the son of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and Maria, daughter of Raymond, prince of Antioch.

* Anastasius I ( emperor ) ( 430 – 518 ), Roman ( Byzantine ) Emperor from 491 to 518

* Anastasius I ( emperor ) – Byzantine emperor 491 – 518

* Anastasios II ( died 718 ) – Byzantine emperor 713 – 715

Andronikos III Palaiologos, Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus (; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341 ) was Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341, after being rival emperor since 1321.

Andronikos II Palaiologos () ( 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332 ), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, was Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.

After his return to Jerusalem in 1167, Amalric married Maria Comnena, a great-grandniece of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.

* Alexius I Comnenus ( 1048-1118 ), Byzantine emperor

* Alexius II Comnenus ( 1167-1183 ), Byzantine emperor

* Alexius III, Byzantine emperor

* Alexius IV, Byzantine emperor

* Alexius V, Byzantine emperor

* 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.

The regnal year of the emperor was also used to identify years, especially in the Byzantine Empire after 537 when Justinian required its use.

An early example of the use of the word " nation " ( in conjunction with language and territory ) was provided in 968 by Liutprand ( the bishop of Cremona ) who, while confronting the Byzantine emperor, Nicephorus II, on behalf of his patron Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, declared:

In the aftermath, an agreement between Charlemagne and Nicephorus in 814 recognized Venice as Byzantine territory and granted the city trading rights along the Adriatic coast.

* 811: Battle of Pliska fought between a Byzantine force led by emperor Nicephorus I and a Bulgarian army commanded by Khan Krum.

* July 26 – Battle of Pliska: Nicephorus I is defeated by the Bulgar khan Krum, and is succeeded by Stauracius as Byzantine emperor.

* July 26 – Nicephorus I, Byzantine emperor ( in battle )

** Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( b. 1295 )

* Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( approximate date ; d. 1360 )

* Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier ( b. 1062 )

* Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine statesman ( d. 1137 )

* Nicephorus III, Byzantine Emperor

St. Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Α ΄, Nikēphoros I ), ( c. 758 – April 5, 828 ) was a Christian Byzantine writer and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 806, to March 13, 815.

* Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian, c. 1295 – 1360

* Nicephorus II, Byzantine Emperor

Nikephoros I or Nicephorus I, Logothetes or Genikos ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Α ΄, Nikēphoros I, " Bringer of Victory "; died July 26, 811 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 802 to 811, when he was killed in the Battle of Pliska.

Nikephoros II Phokas ( Latinized: Nicephorus II Phocas ) (, Nikēphoros II Phōkas ) ( c. 912 – 10 – 11 December 969 ) was a Byzantine Emperor ( 963 – 969 ) whose brilliant military exploits contributed to the resurgence of Byzantine Empire in the tenth century.

Nikephoros III Botaneiates, Latinized as Nicephorus III Botaniates (, c. 1002 – 10 December 1081 ) was Byzantine emperor from 1078 to 1081.

Nicephorus III is also a fictional Byzantine Emperor ruling in the beginning of the 14th century in Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel Agent of Byzantium.

* Dumbarton Oaks, Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: Leo III to Nicephorus Iii, 717 – 1081 ( 1973 )

* The crown of the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus Phocas ( 963-969 ) at the Great Lavra monastery on Mount Athos.

Nikephoros Gregoras, Latinized as Nicephorus Gregoras (; c. 1295-1360 ), Byzantine astronomer, historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea Pontica.

In the Byzantine Empire a tax on hearths known as kapnikon was first explicitly mentioned for the reign of Nicephorus I ( 802 – 811 ) although its context implies that it was already then old and established and perhaps it should be taken back to the 7th century AD.

Nikephoros Bryennios ( or Nicephorus Bryennius ) ( Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος, Nikēphoros Bryennios ) ( 1062 – 1137 ), Byzantine general, statesman and historian, was born at Orestias ( Orestiada, Adrianople ) in the theme of Macedonia