1700 Event Russia replaces Byzantines with Julian calendar 1071 Event Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes 969 Event Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria 917 Event Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines 911 Event Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines 554 Event Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy 536 Event Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten