Romanos I Timeline

Birth of Byzantine emperor Romanos I.

Reign of Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos.

Romanos I's Tome of Union reconciles the rift in the Byzantine Church caused by Leo VI's third and fourth marriages.

Byzantine emperor Romanos I passes a law to protect the land of the peasantry.

A Byzantine army captures Melitene in Cappadocia.

Greek Fire is used by Romanos I's fleet against a Russian fleet attacking Constantinople.

Byzantine Emperor Romanos I grants pension rights to the monks on Mount Athos.

A Byzantine army led by John Kourkouas captures the border Mesopotamians fortresses of Nisibis, Dara, Amida, and Martyropolis.

A Byzantine army led by John Kourkouas besieges Edessa. The Mandylion icon is taken to Constantinople

Byzantine emperor Romanos I is banished to a monastery by his own sons.

Death of Byzantine emperor Romanos I.