Byzantine Age
(324 AD – 1204 AD)
After the division of the Roman Empire into western and eastern, Milos passes to Byzantium, while in 842 AD. contained in the 17th theme of the Byzantine Empire, in the “Theme of the Aegean” with Rhodes as its capital.
Evidence for this long period of time is scarce, as the Empire was vast and piracy extremely widespread.
The important events of the period occur in the 5th-6th century, where Klima is abandoned, the then capital of the island, due to raids and earthquakes and in the 8th-9th century during Iconoclasm, where Milos, along with other islanders, revolted for religious reasons against the central government of Constantinople for religious, a revolution that was suppressed.
After the division of the Roman Empire into western and eastern, Milos passes to Byzantium, while in 842 AD. contained in the 17th theme of the Byzantine Empire, in the “Theme of the Aegean” with Rhodes as its capital.
Evidence for this long period of time is scarce, as the Empire was vast and piracy extremely widespread.
The important events of the period occur in the 5th-6th century, where Klima is abandoned, the then capital of the island, due to raids and earthquakes and in the 8th-9th century during Iconoclasm, where Milos, along with other islanders, revolted for religious reasons against the central government of Constantinople for religious, a revolution that was suppressed.