Q 01/05
A) Lombardy
B) Piedmont
C) Veneto
D) Emilia-Romagna
Answer · why
The region takes its name from the Germanic people who conquered the city in 569 and made Pavia their capital.
Q 02/05
A) Insubria
B) Mediolanum
C) Mediomatrici
D) Milanum
Answer · why
It comes from a Celtic name meaning a settlement in the midst of the plain; the Romans took the city in 222 BC.
Q 03/05
A) The Papal States
B) The Byzantine Exarchate
C) The Western Roman Empire
D) The Kingdom of the Lombards
Answer · why
Diocletian moved the capital from Rome and left his colleague Maximian in charge there; Honorius later fled to Ravenna.
Q 04/05
A) Diocletian
B) Theodosius
C) Valentinian
D) Constantine
Answer · why
He was in the city for his sister's wedding to the eastern emperor Licinius; the edict granted tolerance to all religions.
Q 05/05
A) Ambrose
B) Augustine
C) Charles Borromeo
D) Gervasius
Answer · why
The 4th-century bishop is also patron of beekeepers, and Milan's Catholic rite is still called Ambrosian.
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