Theodora: Empress of Byzantium
By Unknown Author.
Description
This book is a gripping, long-overdue biography of one of the most intriguing and powerful female figures of Western history: Theodora of Byzantium. Ruthlessly criticized and reviled by her contemporaries, Theodora, the beautiful wife of Emperor Justinian, began her life as the daughter of a bear-keeper and rose to be Justinian's partner in politics as well as in life, ruling from 527 to 548. She stood by his side in Constantinople as he built a �second Rome,� waging battles against the Goths and Vandals, quelling nationalist unrest in Egypt, a...
ISBN(s)
0865652376, 9780865652378
