Having ruthlessly subdued the 532 Nika revolt, Emperor Justinian rebuilt much of which imperial capital city, including the Hagia Sophia?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Constantinople
Answer: Constantinople. Why not the others: "Thessaloniki" served as an imperial co-capital under Galerius but was not Constantine's permanent capital; "Alexandria" was the intellectual and commercial metropolis of Roman Egypt and the Hellenistic world; "Antioch" was a major Roman administrative and patriarchal city in the province of Syria.
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