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Roman, Byzantine and Lusignan Cyprus

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  1. According to the Acts of the Apostles, which Roman proconsul at Paphos became a believer during the visit of Paul and Barnabas?
  2. After earthquakes in the fourth century AD destroyed Salamis, the city was rebuilt and renamed Constantia. In whose honour?
  3. Emperor Zeno confirmed the independence of the Church of Cyprus in 488 after the discovery of whose relics?
  4. Cyprus was divided in influence between Byzantium and the Arab caliphate from the seventh century. Which emperor restored full Byzantine control in 965?
  5. Who ruled Cyprus as a self-proclaimed emperor from 1184 until Richard I of England deposed him in 1191?
  6. Which military order bought Cyprus from Richard I in 1191 but handed it back after an uprising in Nicosia?
  7. In 1365 King Peter I of Cyprus led a crusade that sacked which city?
  8. In 1373 a maritime republic took Famagusta after riots at the coronation of Peter II and held it until 1464. Which republic?
  9. Bellapais Abbey near Kyrenia was built in the Lusignan period for canons of which order?
  10. What was the Bulla Cypria, issued by Pope Alexander IV in 1260?

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