The Nika Riots and Internal Challenges Exercise

The Nika Riots and Internal Challenges

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The Nika Riots and Internal Challenges

Examine the causes and consequences of the Nika Riots alongside other internal challenges facing the empire.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What were the Nika Riots of 532 CE?

  2. MultiChoice

    Where did the Nika Riots originally begin?

  3. MultiChoice

    What were the names of the two primary rival sports factions in the Hippodrome?

  4. MultiChoice

    What does the Greek word 'Nika' mean, which rioters shouted during the uprising?

  5. MultiChoice

    What sparked the initial anger that united the Blues and Greens against Justinian?

  6. MultiChoice

    What did the rioters demand from Emperor Justinian during the rebellion?

  7. MultiChoice

    Whom did the rioters attempt to declare as the new emperor during the height of the crisis?

  8. MultiChoice

    How did Empress Theodora prevent Justinian from fleeing Constantinople?

  9. MultiChoice

    How did General Belisarius and Mundus end the Nika Riots?

  10. MultiChoice

    Approximately how many rioters were killed when the rebellion was put down in the Hippodrome?

  11. MultiChoice

    What major physical damage resulted from the Nika Riots in Constantinople?

  12. MultiChoice

    What opportunity did the destruction caused by the riots give Justinian?