Which elite bodyguard unit of the Byzantine emperor was composed of Scandinavians?
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Varangian Guard
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Which elite bodyguard unit of the Byzantine emperor was composed of Scandinavians?
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Varangian Guard
Which monumental column in Constantinople commemorated its founding by Constantine I?
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Column of Constantine
Which church in Constantinople housed the tombs of many Byzantine emperors?
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Church of the Holy Apostles
Which vast palace complex served as the main imperial residence in Constantinople?
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Great Palace of Constantinople
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Which monumental column in Constantinople commemorated its founding by Constantine I?
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Column of Constantine
Which church in Constantinople housed the tombs of many Byzantine emperors?
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Church of the Holy Apostles
Which vast palace complex served as the main imperial residence in Constantinople?
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Great Palace of Constantinople
What is the name of the natural harbor of Constantinople?
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Golden Horn
What defensive land wall protected Constantinople from enemy attacks?
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Theodosian Walls
Which 562 treaty ended the Lazic War between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia?
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Fifty-Year Peace Treaty
Which Byzantine emperor was deposed in 695 and restored to the throne in 705?
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Justinian II
Which emperor issued the Ecloga law code in 726?
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Leo III
Which Byzantine emperor retook Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261?
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Michael VIII Palaiologos