Packet 3: Bonus 19
While inspired in his time serving this ruler, Procopius backdated his reign to increase the number of infrastructure projects listed in his treatise On Buildings. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Byzantine emperor whose advisor Tribonian helped him create a namesake law code. This husband of Theodora quashed the Nika riots.
ANSWER: Justinian I [or Justinian the Great; or Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus; prompt on Justinian]
[10m] After becoming disillusioned with Justinian, Procopius wrote this work attacking him and Theodora. This work infamously claimed that Justinian was a demon who could detach his own head.
ANSWER: Secret History [accept Historia Arcana or Anecdota]
[10h] Procopius may have turned on Justinian after witnessing Belisarius’ brutal conquest of this Byzantine exarchate. This city was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom under Theodoric.
ANSWER: Ravenna [accept Exarchate of Ravenna]
<History - European, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 03
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 22.86 | 93% | 71% | 64% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | Albanian Rift in the Sky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heauton Timorumenos | Always Set the Kurve | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Big Brown Ballers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Prat Pack | whatever | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Taman's Nepo Babies | Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 67% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 60% | 40% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 28.75 | 100% | 88% | 100% |