Byzantine Empire Quiz

Try out this Byzantine Empire quiz to test your knowledge. Byzantine Empire trivia explores the long-lived eastern continuation of the Roman Empire, centered on Constantinople and shaped by war, faith, diplomacy, and art.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Which emperor is credited with abolishing the chrysargyron tax in 498?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which major Constantinopolitan cistern, dating to Justinian’s reign, is the one later famous for its vast underground forest of columns?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
What administrative creation was used to govern Byzantine Italy from Ravenna?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which council met in Constantinople in 692 and is often identified by a name meaning “fifth-sixth”?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
At which battle in 811 was Emperor Nikephoros I killed?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which ruler’s accession in 867 marks the start of the Macedonian dynasty?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
In Byzantine administration, what was the title of an important official post often rendered as a senior fiscal or bureaucratic office?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Byzantine title was used for a provincial military governor?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
What was the Byzantine system called that granted revenue rights in exchange for service?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of which empire in the east?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What became the main language of the Byzantine Empire?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Which emperor ruled from 527 to 565?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Ottoman ruler captured Constantinople?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Byzantine Christianity belonged mainly to which part of the Christian world?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which bird symbol is famously linked with Byzantium, with one head looking each way?

Which emperor is credited with abolishing the chrysargyron tax in 498?

Which major Constantinopolitan cistern, dating to Justinian’s reign, is the one later famous for its vast underground forest of columns?

What administrative creation was used to govern Byzantine Italy from Ravenna?

Which council met in Constantinople in 692 and is often identified by a name meaning “fifth-sixth”?

At which battle in 811 was Emperor Nikephoros I killed?

Which ruler’s accession in 867 marks the start of the Macedonian dynasty?

In Byzantine administration, what was the title of an important official post often rendered as a senior fiscal or bureaucratic office?

Which Byzantine title was used for a provincial military governor?

What was the Byzantine system called that granted revenue rights in exchange for service?

The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of which empire in the east?

What became the main language of the Byzantine Empire?

Which emperor ruled from 527 to 565?

Which Ottoman ruler captured Constantinople?

Byzantine Christianity belonged mainly to which part of the Christian world?

Which bird symbol is famously linked with Byzantium, with one head looking each way?