Round 200: Tossup 7

Under this empire, an unknown author compiled a major encyclopedia known as the Suda. A historian (10[1])from this empire credited a eunuch named Narses (10[1])with (10[1])bribing the Blue faction to prevent a local uprising. (10[1])A princess and historian from this empire depicted her father (10[1])in the Alexiad. (10[1])This empire’s (10[1])rulers were depicted in the Secret History by the historian Procopius, (-5[1])who included salacious anecdotes about Theodora. (10[1])The Nika riots (10[1])took place in this (10[1])empire, whose (10[1])general Belisarius reconquered portions of Mediterranean territory on behalf of Justinian I. For 10 points, which primarily Greek-speaking empire was centred around Constantinople? ■END■ (10[1])

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