Who Dat?
This guy right here split up Rome like it was Kim and Ye.
Diocletian
This plague was less deadly than that other one named after that other guy.
Antonine Plague
These barbarians primarily invaded England
Algles and Saxons
Byzantium (the city) is in what modern country?
Turkey
Christians were named ofter this guy
Jesus Christ
This guy right here decided to hook up with circus people while he juggled the empire
Emperor Justinian
This plague is thought to be the very same one as the Black Death of the Middle Ages.
Bubonic or Justinian Plague.
Name any Barbarian group other than the Huns AND that has not been mentioned in this quiz yet
Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, Franks
The council where Catholic leaders decided what was in or out of the bible was held here
Rome
This emperor made Christianity cool when he converted
Constantine
"Say my name!" This guy right here makes it hard to forget his new Capital city.
Constantine
What actual disease do modern Historians and Doctors think the Antonine Plague
Small pox (or maybe measles...or Camel Pox)
What role did women play in the Council of Nicea?
None. They were not invited and after the council, women were no longer allowed to be priests or other leaders.
Who ended up controlling the important agricultural center of Egypt for nearly all of the Middle Ages?
Muslim/Islamic
Early Christians in Rome were sometimes force to play in these "games"
Gladiators
This guy right here is the reigning champ of follow the leader
Jesus
What animal is thought to have actually spread the Justinian Plague?
Fleas
This empress started life way outside the ruling class as a circus performer
Theodora
What geographic advantage did the city of Constantinople have over Rome?
Surrounded on three sides by water
What does the word Catholic mean?
Universal (from the Greek Katholikos)
This guy right here got Covid...again (3rd time) and sat around shotgunning Nyquil and Ink Master reruns all week.
Mr. Andrus
The Antonine Plague came from soldiers returning from Persia; where did the Justinian Plague come from?
Egypt
The biggest, baddest leader of the biggest baddest barbarians.
Atilla the Hun
The name of the city of Constantinople (or Byzantium) today
Istanbul
The Council of Nicea faced the issue of when Jesus began existing. What was the name of the group that was declared heretical for teaching that there was a time before Jesus existed?
Arians (Arianism)