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People: Otto II
Topic: Komnenian restoration
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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.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)