Byzantine rebels

Phocas (; ; 5475 October 610) was Eastern Roman emperor from 602 to 610. Initially a middle-ranking officer in the Roman army, Phocas rose to prominence as a spokesman for dissatisfied soldiers in their disputes with the court of the Emperor Maurice. When the army rebelled in 602, Phocas emerged as the leader of the mutiny. The revolt led to the overthrow and execution of Maurice in November 602.

Byzantine general and Catepan of Italy

Medieval king of Duklja, and temporary of Bulgaria

despot of Epirus

prince of the Serbs (ὁ τῶν Σέρβων ἄρχων)

Bulgarian emperor

Byzantine general

6th-century Byzantine general

Byzantine general

Flavius Illus (; died 488) was a Roman general who played an important role in the reigns of the Eastern Emperors Zeno and Basiliscus.

Norman adventurer and Byzantine general

Grand Prince of Serbia

Byzantine general

Byzantine general and noble

Tribigild, also called Tarbigilus (; ; 399) was an Ostrogothic general whose rebellion against the Eastern Roman Empire precipitated a major political crisis during the reign of Emperor Arcadius.

Stotzas (Greek: Στότζας), also Stutias, Theophanes writes him Tzotzas (Τζότζας), was an East Roman (Byzantine) soldier and leader of a military rebellion in the Praetorian prefecture of Africa in the 530s. Stotzas attempted to establish Africa as a separate state and had been chosen by the rebelling soldiers as their leader. Nearly succeeding in taking Carthage, Stotzas was defeated at the Battle of the River Bagradas by Belisarius and fled into Numidia, where he regrouped. After another attempt at taking control of Africa, Stotzas was defeated by Germanus in 537 and fled with some of his foll

Momchil (, , ;  – 7 July 1345) was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary. Through his opportunistic involvement in the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, where he played the various sides against each other, he became ruler of a large area in the Rhodopes and western Thrace.

Byzantine governor

Byzantine general and governor

Theophobos () or Theophobus, originally Nasir (), Nasr (), or Nusayr (), was a commander of the Khurramites who converted to Christianity and entered Byzantine service under Emperor Theophilos (). Raised to high rank and married into the imperial family, Theophobos was given command of his fellow Khurramites and served under Theophilos in his wars against the Abbasid Caliphate in 837–838. After the Byzantines' defeat at the Battle of Anzen, he was proclaimed emperor by his own men, but did not pursue this claim. Instead he peacefully submitted to Theophilos in the next year and was apparently

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6th-century messianic Samaritan leader

Byzantine military commander

brother of Byzantine emperor Phocas

Byzantine general

Byzantine aristocrat and magnate

Byzantine usurper

marzban of Hyrcania

11th-century Byzantine military leader and martyr

byzantine soldier

byzantine Greek admiral

11th-century Byzantine general, governor, and rebel

son of Western Roman Emperor Anthemius

Antalas (; c. 500 – after 548) was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa. Antalas and his tribe, the Frexes initially served the Byzantines as allies, but after 544 switched sides. With the final Byzantine victory in his and his tribe once again became Byzantine subjects. The main sources on his life are the epic poem Iohannis of Flavius Cresconius Corippus and the Histories of the Wars of Procopius of Caesarea.

Byzantine aristocrat

Late 12th-century Byzantine governor

Aristocrat of the Empire of Trebizond

Byzantine general

rebel leader

Norman mercenary

Byzantine rebel leader active in Bithynia

Guntarith (Vandalic: Gontharis; died 546), sometimes referred to as Guntharic, was an Eastern Roman military officer and rebel of Vandalic descent.

Pamprepius (, Pamprépios; Latin: Pamprepius; 29 September 440 – November 484) was a philosopher and a pagan poet who rebelled against the Eastern Roman Emperor Zeno.

Byzantine general

son of Roman emperor Anthemius

Normal mercenery general

logothete and governor of the Thracesian Theme, rebel against Michael III in 866

Byzantine military leader

aristocrat of the Empire of Trebizond

Byzantine general

Esdilasas () was a Moorish tribal leader active during the rebellion in the province of Byzacena. In 534 and 535, he was among the Moorish leaders who rebelled against Byzantine authority in Africa. In late 534, he, along with the Berber tribal leaders Cutzinas, Iurfutes and Medisiníssas, defeated the Byzantine officers Aigan and Rufinus. In 535, however, the rebels were defeated by the Byzantine military commander Solomon, first at Mammes, then at Bourgaon. In the aftermath of Bourgaon, Esdilasas surrendered and was taken to Carthage.

Byzantine general

Byzantine governor

byzantine rebel

Jewish leader