Byzantine Empress Theodora, would become an actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist, empress of the civilized world, and ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

THEODORA AND THE EMPEROR (336 pp ... the peasant emperor loses in stature and the prostitute empress takes on a regal aspect. Justinian is seen as a dull, lifelong scholar, a grubber for ...

Introducing Justinian I and Theodora, the Jay-Z and Beyonce of the Byzantine Empire (but with chariots). Listen to the Radio 4 You're Dead To Me podcast on BBC Sounds More films from BBC Reel ...

These words, which Dante Alighieri places in the mouth of Justinian I, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ... It was during this time that Belisarius received the order from Empress Theodora to ...

Instead of praising Justinian’s reign and his reconquest of the West, the “Secret History” is a vehement attack on the ...

Justinian “The Great” was born about 482 in a peasant village in what is now Serbia. He became Emperor in 527, ruling until his death in 565. Theodora was born about 500, married Justinian in 525 and ...

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But a love affair with a handsome Greek whom she meets in Byzantium ...

Built by the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I ... of conformity to his theology. Justinian's generosity to widows was most likely a function of his wife Theodora's influence, whose life and ...