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

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