Late Antiquity

Who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it "New Rome"?

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Leo III

Which emperor commissioned a complete overhaul of the law code?

• Charlemagne

• Justinian

• Julian the Apostate

• Constantine

What was one of the greatest public works projects during the Byzantine Empire?

• Scriptorium

• Blue Mosque

• Pantheon

• Hagia Sophia

Who conquered the Byzantines in 1453?

• The Hunnic peoples

• Ottoman Turks

• The Vandals

• The Visigoths

Wife of Justinian who was of a dubious reputation?

• Irene

• Theodora

• Constantia

• Eleanor of Aquitaine

What is tetrarchy?

• rule by four people

• the Roman version of tetris

• name for rule in the eastern empire

• name for rule in the western empire

• I'd rather not say...it's rude

When did Constantine die?

• 337

• 345

• 410

• 305

• 286

Fill in the 2 BLANKS: "[--------------] appeared in the 7th century and spurred [----------] to invade the Eastern Roman Empire."

• Attila, Huns

• Persia, Sassanids

• Islam, Arabs

• Orthodox Church, Christians

• Pope Urban II, Crusaders

What happened in AD 410?

• Rome sacked by Alaric

• Edict of Milan, tolerating Christians

• Building work on Constantinople finished

• Romulus Augustulus kicked out of Rome

One meaning in modern English of Byzantine is...?

• wide ruling (over many lands)

• convoluted, bureaucratic

• romantic, dreamy

• evil, scheming