Thanks Carl!
1. What Byzantine financial expert was know as "The Scissors"? Hint: lived in Italy after the Byzantines regained it from the Ostrogoths
2. What late Roman Emperor (not Byzantine), after he read an frustrating letter, his face turned deeper and a deeper puple until he fell foward in a fit of apoplexy and died.
3. What Andalusian manuscript with unknown dating, shows how Muhammad, originally a monk named Ozim, was tricked by Satan into adulterating an originally pure divine revelation.
4. The Greek Goddess Hekate collected the blood of what mythical beast, mixed it into a potion which gave swift rejuvenation?
5.Who is this man? What tribe did he lead(he didn't lead the whole tribe though)? Where did he die? Answered
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Edit: Now its a bit easier!