Byzantine usurpers

Byzantine military commander (c. 760–823)

Byzantine general and Catepan of Italy

Emperor of The Byzantine Empire

ruler of Cyprus from 1184 to 1191

Mizizios or Mezezius (; or ) was an Armenian noble who served as a general of Byzantium, later usurping the Byzantine throne in Sicily from 668 to 669.

10th-century Byzantine general

Roman consul 500 AD

Seljuk general

late 11th-century Byzantine Empire usurper

Byzantine general and usurper

10th-century Byzantine general

Usurper of the Byzantine Empire in Africa (died 647)

Byzantine general and usurper

Byzantine general

Roman consul and Byzantine usurper

Byzantine admiral

Byzantine usurper

Byzantine usurper

Byzantine general and usurper

Byzantine general and noble

mid-11th century Byzantine general and noble

late 11th-century Byzantine Empire usurper

Byzantine usurper

Byzantine general and politician

Byzantine military leader

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

Usurper of the Byzantine Empire (died 1201)

Byzantine general

Arsaber (, from Armenian Arshavir), was a Byzantine noble who attempted an unsuccessful usurpation of the Byzantine imperial throne in 808.

Byzantine nobleman and general

Byzantine magnate and usurper

Byzantine official

Byzantine general and usurper

Saborios or Saborius () was a Byzantine general who rose in revolt against Emperor Constans II (r. 641–668) in 667–668. He sought and obtained the aid of the Caliph Muawiyah I (r. 661–680), but was killed in a horse accident before confronting the imperial troops.

Byzantine general and usurper

Byzantine governor

Byzantine usurper

Byzantine usurper

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Kalokyros (, died 971) was a pretender to the Byzantine throne during the Rus'–Byzantine War (970–971) in the reigns of Nikephoros II and John I Tzimiskes.