Byzantine Empire Trivia
Domed churches, Greek fire, and epic empire drama—prove you're a true emperor of trivia.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Following Emperor Heraclius’s reforms (r. 610–641), which language gradually replaced Latin as the empire’s official language?
Greek
After the 532 Nika riots, Justinian commissioned a domed basilica with pendentives—Name this monumental church.
Hagia Sophia
In 1054, What is the formal split between the Roman church in Rome and the Eastern church in Constantinople called?
Great Schism
Which 21-year-old Ottoman sultan captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire?
Mehmed II
Commissioned by Emperor Justinian I (529–534 CE), what is the Latin name of the legal compilation that underpins many civil law systems?
Corpus Juris Civilis