www.YoYoBrain.com - Accelerators for Memory and Learning Questions for World of Byzantium Category: Imperial Crises and Reform - (9 questions) When is the period known as "Late Antiquity" 200-700 C.E. When was the the time period of The 31 B.C.E - 284 C.E. Principate of Roman Empire When was the time period of The Dominate 284-476 C.E. of the Roman Empire Who was the landed elites of provincial cities decurions of the Principate (Roman) Who was the last Severan Roman Caesar Severus Alexander (222-235) Time period of shah Arhashir 227-240 C.E. Time period of Persian shah Sharpur I 240-272 C.E. In 3rd century when was Roman Empire 260-274 C.E. fragmented into 3 competing states Who reunified Roman Empire in 3rd century Aurelian (270-275) Category: Constantine - (5 questions) Who was 2nd Augustus in the West under Maximianus Diocletian in 286 C.E. Who did Diocletian appoint as junior Constantius I in the WestGalerius in the East emperors in 293 When did Diocletian and Maximianus 305 C.E. abdicate their positions as Roman Caesars Trigger for civil war under Galerius after he appointed junior Caesar's that ignored Diocletian's abdication hereditary succesion to Constantine and Maxentius Major social change of city government decline of decurion system of patronage to under Roman Dominate system an imperial support system Category: Barbarians - (5 questions) When did the Sassanid Persian shahs 227 C.E. overthrow the Arsacid kings of Parthia When did Julian II wage a war with Persia 362-363 ended with his death during retreat When did Roman emperor Valens agree to 375-376 settle Goths in Lower Danube Where and who slew Emperor Valens in 378 Goths in Adrianople in 378 C.E. C.E. Which Roman emperor tried to restore Julian II (360-363) - killed in Persian war pagan beliefs after Constantine Category: Imperial Church - (18 questions) When did Christian writer Origen live 185-254 What 2 major German tribes were Arian Vandals and Goths In what work did Origen fuse Platonic On First Principles thought with Christian faith to produce 1st serious exposition on Trinity 3 different positions on Christology of MonophysiteChalcedonianNestorian relationship of 2 natures of the person of Christ in 5th century What was Nestorian position on Christology that Mary had given birth to only to the human person of Christ What was the outcome of Third Ecumenical condemned the position of Nestorians that Council at Ephesus (431) Mary gave birth to only the human person of ChristLife giving qualities of Jesus's flesh Outcome of the 4th Ecumenical Council of upheld the 2 natures of Christ and Chalcedon (451) proclaimed the Chalcedonian creed When was life of St. Anthony of Desert 250-357 Who founded the 1st Christian ascetic Saint Pachomius community Where was the 1st Christian ascetic Tabennesi in Upper Egypt community formed in 323 Who created monastic rules for eastern Saint Basil of Caesarea (330-379) Roman Empire Who created monastic rules for western Benedict of Nursia (438-543) Roman Empire When did St. Anthony of Desert hear his 280 calling Define: cenobism living together in monastic conditions Who created communities of monastic cells Saint Marcarius (300-390) (lavrae) to enable ascetics to support each other Name of regulations written by Saint Basil of Ascetica Cappadocia (330-370) Name of monastic rules published by Saint Opius Deit Benedict of Nursia (480-543) Category: Fall of Western Empire - (10 questions) Who took over after death of Roman 2 sons:Arcadius in Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius EmpireHonorius in Western Roman Empire Who was army commander for Honorius - Stilecho Roman emperor of West in 395-423 Time period when imperial government lost 410-425 control of western provinces and ruled only over Mediterranean core of empire Which emperor succeeded Honorius as Valentinian III (425-455) emperor of western Roman empire Who was field commander under Valentian Aetius - successor to Stilecho III - western Roman emperor (425-455) When was the Vandal conquest of Africa 427-442 Where was Attila's invasion of Roman West at Catalaunian Field (Chalons) in 451 checked Who deposed last Roman Emperor of west - Adoacer - (Odovacer) Romulus Augustus in 476 Which eastern Roman emperor blessed Zeno Odoacer's rule in Italy When was the land side of Constantinople 413-414 with Theodosian Walls fortified Category: Justinian - (22 questions) When was rule of Eastern Roman emperor 527-565 Justinian Who was wife of eastern Roman emperor Theodora Justinian Jurist under Justinian (eastern Roman Tribonian emperor) who codified Roman law What was the epithet of Roman emperor the emperor who never slept Justinian Who did Justinian reign as co-Augustus uncle Justin I (518-527) under before reign What was the station of Roman emperor prostitute Justinian's wife Theodora before marriage to emperor What was the work of Justinian's jurist Corpus Juris Civilus Tribonian of Roman law Who were the major generals under Roman Belisarius and Narses emperor Justinian Who imposed hegemony on Franks in Gaul Clovis (484-511) in 5th century What Ostrogothic king overthrew Odoacer in Theoderic 491 What Vandal king alienated the Arian warrior King Hilderic (523-530) caste by adopting Catholicism in 6th century Which eastern Roman emperor recognized Zeno Germanic kings as legitimate What victory let Justinian negotiate peace Daras by Belisarius with Persian shah in 530 What local revolt was overcome by Justinian Nike Revolt in 532 to gain control Which Shah did Justinian try to buy off with Shah Chosroes I (531-579) Perpetual Peace treaty When did Justinian overthrow Vandal African 533 kingdom with general Belisarius Which Gothic king fought back against King Wittigis (536-540) Justinian's general Belasarius By which Pope of Rome did the papacy Gregory I (590-604) emerge as only effective power in central Italy Under Roman Emperor Justinian, when did 541-543 plague cause a demographic collapse What was the size of the imperial army of 150,000 Byzantium by 565 after plague Identify Basilica Ulpia of Trajan at Rome Define: squinch dome A spherical triangle which acts as a transition between a circular domeand a square base on which the dome is set Category: Emperor Heraclius - (12 questions) When did Roman emperor Justinian begin to 540 hire barbarian mercenaries in great numbers When did the Lombards migrate into Italy 568 Roman emperor that followed Justinian Justin II (565-578) Problem with Roman emperor Justinian's mentally imbalanced successor Justin II Next able Roman emperor after Justin II died Maurice Tiberius (582-602) in 578 Who rebelled and toppled Roman Emperor Phocas Maurice Tiberius in 602 When did Persian Shah Chosroes II overun 601-619 the eastern Roman provinces Who seized Byzantine throne from Phocas in Haraclius 610 Where and when did Heraclius defeat battle of Ninevah in 626 Persian shah Chosroes II What leader built the Arab forces into Al-Khalid invincible calvary army What battle did Arab forces overrun Battle of Yarmuk Byzantine Syria When did Arab forces capture Egypt 641 Category: Christian Citadel - (7 questions) Who was the last ruler of Byzantine Justinian II 685-695 and 705-711 Heraclian family When was Carthage and Africa lost to the 696-698 Arabs When did Arab armies overrun Visigothic 711-713 Spain When was the first Arab siege of 674-677 Constantinople When was the 2nd Arabic siege of 717-718 Constantinople For how long did the plague that first broke in next 200 years Byzantium in 542-544 continue Which Byzantium emperor ordered the Leo III in 726 removal of Christian icons Category: Iconclastic Controversy - (7 questions) When was the first Iconoclastic Controversy 727-787 in Byzantium When was the 2nd Iconoclastic Controversy 815-843 in Byzantium Which pope excommunicated Byzantium Pope Gregory III emperor Leo III What event caused Pope Stephen III to seek fall of Ravenna to the Lombards in 751 alliance with Pepin the Short, king of Franks Which pope transferred the imperial title to Pope Leo III in 800 Charlemagne When did Queen Olga of Rus of Kiev convert 957 to Christianity When did Prince Vladimir of Kiev convert to 988-989 Orthodoxy Category: Macedonian Emperors - (3 questions) When was the Byzantine Macedonian 867-919 dynasty Rule of Byzantium emperor Basil II and 976-1025Basil the Bulgar-slayer nickname When did Basil II of Byzantine conquer 990-1016 Balkans Category: Imperial Collapse - (3 questions) Who welded the Normans into an effective Robert Gusicard (1046-1085) army against Lombard and Byzantine forces Which Byzantine emperor was defeated and Romanus IV captured by Turks in 1071 What was battle where Byzantine emperor Manzikert in 1071 was captured by Turks Category: Crusades - (13 questions) Byzantine dynasty that revived empire after Comenian defeat at Manzikert in 1071 Rule of Byzantine emperor Alexius I 1081-1118 Comnenian Which pope preached the first Christian Pope Urban II Crusade First group that arrived during First Crusade undisciplined group known as People's Crusade Who led the People's Crusade Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless When did the First Crusade capture 1099 Jerusalem What 3 cities were the capitals of the 3 Antioch, Edessa (east on Euphrates) and Crusader States Jerusalem When was the Second Crusade 1146-1148 What did the failure of Second Crusade lead conquest of Egypt by Saladin and surrender to of Damascus to Nur-ad_Dinbasically consolidation of Muslim power What battle did Seljuks defeat Byzantine Myricephalon in 1176 emperor Manuel at What king led to succession crises in Baldwin IV, the