"Attrice e poi moglie dell'imperatore Giustiniano, ebbe un ruolo attivo nella gestione dello stato. I suoi detrattori, primo fra tutti, Procopio di Cesarea nella sua Storia Segreta, le rimproverano la giovinezza dissoluta e una condotta del tutto negativa sul trono di Bisanzio. …
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"Theodora's meager beginnings as the daughter of a bear-keeper could not have foretold her astonishing future as the wife of Justinian, the powerful ruler of the Byzantine empire. With a gift for performing, Theodora became an actress in burlesque theater as a young woman. By al…
"With the exception of the wife of Andronikos III Palaiologos, Anna of Savoy, who acted as regent of Byzantium from 1341 to 1347, the lives of the late Byzantine empresses have so far received little scholarly attention. This study presents the biographies of all fifteen empress…
