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Komnenian restoration

Years: 1081 - 1185

The Komnenian restoration is the term used by Byzantinists to describe the military, financial and territorial recovery of the Byzantine Empire under the Komnenian dynasty, from the accession of Alexios I Komnenos in 1081, to the death of Manuel I Komnenos in 1180.

The Komnenian restoration is also closely linked to the establishment of the Komnenian army.Significant battles of the Komnenian restoration include the Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081), the Battle of Levounion (1091), the Battle of Beroia (1122), the Battle of Sirmium (1167), and the Battle of Myriokephalon (1176)The Komnenian restoration ends in ca.

1185 with the death of the last Komnenian emperor, Andronikos I Komnenos.

With his death, the Decline of the Byzantine Empire recommences, and by 1204 Byzantium will have ceased to be a great power.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)