The basilica is full of frescoes in every nook and cranny, and its mosaics, depicting Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora, ...

But he was not born into the royal family and ruled as emperor only because he was the spouse of Empress Zoë, and they shared the throne with Zoë's sister Theodora.

But he was not born into the royal family and ruled as emperor only because he was the spouse of Empress Zoë, and they shared the throne with Zoë's sister Theodora.

Empress Zoe (left), Emperor Constantine IX and Empress Theodora on the Monomachus Crown. Credit: Andrew massyn, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is among the most intriguing ...

Forget Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Justinian and Theodora were the power couple of the Byzantine era. From withstanding riots to protecting women’s rights, how did a woman from such humble beginnings ...

View THE EMPRESS THEODORA LEAVING THE PALACE OF JUSTINIAN IN CONSTANTINOPLE FOR HER SUMMER PALACE OF THE SEA OF MARMARA by Arthur Edward Henderson on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by ...

Busir gave Justinian II land near the Sea of Azov, which is located north of the Black Sea. He also offered his sister as a bride to the exiled emperor, who renamed her Theodora, after the wife of ...

The discovery of the monumental inscription in Ulpiana, where the name of Emperor Justinian and the name of Dardania is written, is being evaluated as one of the most important discoveries of recent ...

Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I promulgated an entirely new Roman code of law in November 534 A.D. His Empire, however, was dominated by issues all too familiar to us today: severe ideological ...