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A total of eleven emperors shared this name
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Constantine
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English translation of the greek word "Basileus"
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Emperor
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___ Lecapenus (r. 920-944)
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Romanus
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Inhabitants of Eastern Europe who had occasional run-ins with the Byzantines
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Slav
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Ruler of the Kievan Rus' who converted to Christianity in the 10th century
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Vladimir
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The empire from which the Byzantines inherited many cultural traditions
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Roman
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Riots in the Hippodrome during Justinian's reign
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Nika
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Geographic region under Byzantine claim
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Anatolia
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Constantine was baptized under this kind of priest
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Arian
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Byzantine emperor married to Theophano
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Nicephorus
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One of the Byzantine's eastern enemies
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Seljuks
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Important battle against the Bulgars in 1003
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Skopje
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Despotate of ___
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Epirus
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1204 occurrence that crippled the empire
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Sack of Constantinople
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Sometimes considered to be another name for the Byzantine Empire
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Eastern Roman Empire
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The name of a few Byzantine empresses
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Eudocia
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First of the house of Comnenus
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Alexius
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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire "____ the Magnificent"
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Suleiman
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Ecumenical council called by Constantine I in 325
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Nicaea
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Eldest son of Theodosius I
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Arcadius
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Byzantine term for military general-governor
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Strategos
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Iranian enemy of the Byzantines
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Sassanid
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Forged document used to support claims of papal authority
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Donation of Constantine
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Ecumenical council called by Theodosius II in 431
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Ephesus
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Hagia ___, the grand church of Constantinople
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Sophia
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Historian Anna Comnena wrote this biography about her father
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Alexiad
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Byzantine theme in the Adriatic
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Dalmatia
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One of the five most important cities of Byzantium
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Antioch
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Mother of the first Byzantine emperor
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Helena
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Imperial title given to empresses
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Augusta
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Prominent priest who opposed to Homouusian Christology
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Arius
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Originally a material from the Far East, this good eventually became one of the most important Byzantine commodities
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Silk
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___ the Fearsome, Khan of Bulgaria
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Krum
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Dynasty from 867-1056, under which Byzantine art and culture flourished
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Macedonian
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Armenian eunuch who was a loyal general to Justinian
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Narses
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