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Theodora (6th century) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Theodora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theodora (from Greek: ) can refer to any of the following: • Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus. • Theodora (6th ce...
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Theodora was the wife of Justinian I who was crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire in 527 AD. ... Perhaps the most significant event during Empress Theodora's rule was the Nika revolt in which she proved herself a worthy and able leader. During this event, two rival political groups started a riot at the Hippodrome.
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Byzantine iconography and mosaics to convey her important role in building the Byzantine Empire. The mosaic tile in Empress Theodora's plate recalls the most well recognized image of Theodora—the mosaic from the apse in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy.
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Concise Biography of Empress Theodora; A straightforward account of the life of Byzantine Empress Theodora. ... Theodora - Byzantine Empress; Substantive introduction to Theodora by About Guide to Women's History, Jone Johnson Lewis.
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For more about Theodora, visit the Concise Biography of Empress Theodora ... Her influence on her husband and on Byzantine politics and law. She is arguably the most powerful woman in Byzantine history.
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The Empress Theodora by Michelle Munro ... Theodora, the prostitute who married into the Byzantine Empire, was born in 500 AD either in Crete or Syria. (Historians disagree on the exact location.) Her father, Acacius, worked for the political Green party as a bear trainer at the Hippodrome in Constantinople.
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