Worth knowing
Serbia
Constantine was born around 272 in Naissus, now the Serbian city of Niš. He helped make Christianity legal across the Roman Empire and founded Constantinople, now Istanbul.
Where its story happens
Niš, the ancient Naissus, at 43.32°N, 21.90°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Serbia
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Serbia, a landlocked country in the Balkans, south of Hungary. See Serbia on a map.
- Tennis champion Novak Djokovic was born in its capital, Belgrade.
- Its capital stands where the Sava River flows into the Danube.
- The word 'vampire' reached English from this country's language in the 1700s.
- Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome, was born in what is now this country.