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These are the dates for their reign, beginning to end. There are some cases where the end of the reign was not the end of their life, so I give the death date if I know it. I have tried to give some indication (where I can) of how they died (or ended their reign.)
ab. = abdicated, kib. = killed in battle, as. = assassinated, ex. = executed, dep = deposed
| Heraclius | 610-641 | ||
| Constans II | 641-668 | ||
| Constantine IV | 668-685 | ||
| Justinian II | 685-695 | dep. | |
| Leontius | 695-698 | ||
| Tiberius III | 698-705 | ||
| Justinian II (again) | 705-711 | ||
| Bardanes | 711-714 | ||
| Anastasius | 714-716 | ||
| Theodosius | 716-718 | ||
| Leo III | 718-741 | ||
| Constantine V | 741-775 | ||
| Some Confusion | 775-797 | ||
| Irene | 797-802 | ||
| Nicephorus | 802-811 | ||
| Michael | 811-813 | ||
| Leo V | 816-820 | ||
| Michael II | 820-828 | ||
| Theophilus | 828-842 | ||
| Michael III | 842-867 | ||
| Basil I | 867-886 | ||
| Leo VI | 886-911 | ||
| Constantine VII | 911-919 | dep. | |
| Romanus | 919-945 | ||
| Chaos and Confusion | 945-949 | ||
| Constantine VII (again) | 949-959 | ||
| Romanus II | 959-963 | ||
| Nicephorus II | 963-969 | ||
| John | 969-976 | ||
| Basil II | 976-1028 | ||
| Romanus III | 1028-1034 | ||
| Michael IV | 1034-1041 | ||
| Dulas | 1059-1067 | ||
| Eudoxia | 1067-1068 | ||
| Romanus IV | 1068-1081 | ||
| Alexis I | 1081-1118 | ||
| John | 1118-1143 | ||
| Manuel I | 1143-1180 | ||
| Alexis II | 1180-1185 | ||
| Issac II | 1185-1195 | ||
| Alexis III | 1195-1204 | ||
| Theodore Lascaris | 1204-1222 | ||
| John Ducas | 1222-1255 | ||
| Michael Palaelogus | 1260-1282 | ||
| Andronicus II | 1282-1328 | ||
| Anor | 1328-1332 | ||
| John II | 1332-1347 | ||
| John III | 1347-1355 | ||
| John Palaeolgus | 1355-1391 | ||
| Manuel II | 1391-1425 | ||
| John Palaeogus II | 1430-1448 | ||
| Constantine XIII | 1448-1453 |
Byzantium falls to the Muslims in 1453, ending the Empire.
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