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Byzantine Era

565 - 1081
MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERIOD

717-740
Athens takes part in the Revolt of Galliano against Leon III the Isaurian.

732/733
Athens is put under the jurisdiction of the patriarchate of Constantinople.

780-788 ??? 797-802
The rule of the Byzantine Empire is under the control of the empress Irene of Athens - as trustee and co-emperor of her juvenile son, Constantine VI.

1018
The great Byzantine emperor, Basileios II Boulgaroktonos (Basil II, the Bulgar-slayer) visits Athens and pays homage in the church of Panagia the Athiniotissa, which is no other than the Parthenon.

1054
The bishop of Athens, Leon, participates at the Council of Constantinople, where the schism between the Eastern and the Western Church is officially declared.

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