Around 1025: Birth of Romanos Diogenis, probably in Cappadocia
1060s: Romanos Diogenis rise in eminence as military leader in the Balkan provinces of Byzantium. He receives the title vestarches
1067: Revolt of Romanos Diogenis against the heirs of emperor Constantine X. With the intervention of the empress Eudokia, he is not condemned to blinding, but ousted in his birthplace. He returns to Constantinople on Christmas day of the same year
1st January 1068: Romanos Diogenis is married to Eudokia Makrembolitissa and crowned emperor
1068-1069: First campaigns of Romanos Diogenis against the Seljuks
26 August 1071: Defeat of the Byzantine army at Mantzikert and captivity of Romanos Diogenis
End of September 1071 – end of spring 1072: Fights between Romanos Diogenis and forces loyal to the Doukas family. Romanos is defeated and is forced to tonsure
26 June 1072: Blinding of Romanos Diogenis at Kotyaeion
4 August 1072: Death of Romanos Diogenis on the island of Prote in the Sea of Marmara (Propontis)