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Can you name the Eastern Roman Emperors (Byzantine)? Enter a Emperor in the box below Correctly named Emperors will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Daniel You have 15 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 4201 TV Shows (U.S.) 3129 Broadway Opening Lines 3059 You Do Know Jack 1330 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1264 Same Last Name 1100 And more...
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Reigned	Emperor
395-408
408-450
450-453
450-457
457-474
474
474-475
475-476
476-491
491-518
518-527
527-565
565-578
574-582
582-602
602-610
610-641
641
641
641-668
668-685
685-695
695-698
698-705
705-711
711-713
713-715
715-717
717-741
720-775
741/2-743
775-780

Reigned	Emperor
776-797
797-802
802-811
803-812
811-813
813-820
820-829
829-842
842-867
867-886
886-912
912-913
908-959
920-944
959-963
963-969
969-976
976-1025
1025-1028
1028-1034
1034-1041
1041-1042
1042
1042-1055
1055-1056
1056-1057
1057-1059
1059-1067
1067-1078
1067-1072
1078-1081
1081-1118

Reigned	Emperor
1118-1143
1122-1142
1143-1180
1180-1183
1183-1185
1185-1195
1195-1203
1203-1204
1203-1204
1204-1205
1204
1208-1221
1221-1254
1255-1258
1258-1261
1259-1282
1272-1328
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1328-1340
1341-1376
1347-1354
1354-1357
1352-1379
1376-1379
1379-1390
1390
1390-1391
1391-1425
1416-1448
1449-1453

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	magister:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	13 points
	The Slit-nosed? The Drunkard? The Stammerer? The Dung-named? How do I get in on these titles? Magister I The Awesome.

	Tim_Allen:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 20:55 GMT	6 points
	You'd think Constantine V could have picked a better title than that.

	yes:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 20:58 GMT	9 points
	This quiz is awesome. I read a book on Byzantine history recently, so I did alright on it. In that book they spelled names like Alexios Komnenos as Alexius Comnenus, though. Dang it.

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	leakbrewergator:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT	3 points
	How about one for Japanese Daimyo? or Shoguns?

	pete:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	7 points
	great quiz, even though i could only come up with 13. more history - pre-1066 english kings, or holy roman emperors, whatever.

	montecarlo:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 22:36 GMT	3 points
	after perusing wikipedia, the "dung-named" came from his enemies who fought against him. after his enemies got control of the throne awhile after he died (i think about 100 years later?), they exhumed his corpse, and threw it into the sea.

	Thornhillboy:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 23:36 GMT	4 points
	'Dung-named' is far more polite than what my lecturer called him...

	Robert_Lo:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 23:53 GMT	3 points
	This quiz should have a link to the other Roman Emperor quiz.

	johnlk:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 00:15 GMT	4 points
	You should really accept the Latinized forms for a bunch of these guys - Alexius for Alexios, Andronicus for Andronikos, Romanus for Romanos. Also, I've never heard of Nikolaos Kanabos or Artabasdos the Icon-Lover. Madness.

	johnlk:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 05:13 GMT	1 point
	I'll add that for some reason Basil I, pretty much alone of all emperors with ordinals, comes up when you just type "Basil" - which is especially weird because it means that if you know "Basiliscus" you'll automatically get credit for Basil I, as well. If you don't accept "Anastasius" for Anastasius I, or whatever, you shouldn't accept "Basil" for Basil I.

	tcalleen:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	4 points
	@johnlk: Actually, Basil I pops up when you type basili - or basil i without the space. So if you are putting in Basiliscus, when you get to the second i, basil i pops up. According to wikipedia, Artabasdos is the latinized version of Artavasdos. For consistency sake, the latinized version should be accepted for all, or all of them should be in the non-latinized version. I have to admit, I love these kinds of quizzes, because it gives me an excuse to look all of these people up and find out more about them!

	JoeGrzzly:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 14:32 GMT	0 points
	I'm not sure if this is the right quiz, but is Leontius Leonidas?

	magister:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 15:37 GMT	3 points
	As in Leonides from 300? No. Far from it. Centuries from it.

	magister:	Feb 12th, 2009 at 23:50 GMT	1 point
	@johnlk: The same happens for Justin I, which was a surprise, because I was entering Justinian.

	andvari:	Mar 10th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT	1 point
	technically theodora was empress, not emperor.

	lulubelles:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	1 point
	1390 should be John VII not Johnn VII

	Hellfinder:	Apr 8th, 2009 at 23:55 GMT	1 point
	I find it comforting that Nikephorus I the Bringer of Victory never actually won anything. It just goes to show how useful sarcasm is.