second half of 7th c.: Artabasdos is born, possibly in Germanikeia of Euphratesia.
between 713‑715: Artabasdos is appointed strategos of the theme of Armeniakon.
715‑717: Artabasdos allies with Leo the Isaurian against Emperor Theodosius III.
717: Artabasdos gets married to the daughter of Leo the Isaurian, is proclaimed comes of Opsikion and is awarded the title of kouropalates.
727: Artabasdos repels an Arab attack against Nicaea.
summer 742: Artabasdos revolts against the new Emperor Constantine V, scatters the latter’s troops and captures Constantinople, where he is crowned emperor; he abolishes the iconoclastic edicts of the Isaurian dynasty.
spring‑summer 743: Artabasdos is defeated by Constantine V in Sardis and Modrine/Modrina.
September‑November 743: Constantinople is besieged by Constantine V; Artabasdos is defeated.
November‑December 743: Constantine V is restored to the throne of Constantinople. Artabasdos tries to escape, but is arrested and blinded along with his two sons.
after 743: Artabasdos dies during his detention at the monastery of Chora, Constantinople.