Zoe and Theodora – Byzantine History
The Empress Zoe (from the church of Hagia Irene) Zoe and Romanus III Although he lived a long time and ruled nearly fifty years, Basil II never had any sons. When he [...]
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Theodora and Bardas – Byzantine History
Empress Theodora on a gold coin, with her son and daughter on the other side. With Theophilus dead, in 842 AD the Empire again had a woman in charge. The empress Theodora, [...]
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Nicephorus and Leo – Byzantine history
Maybe the skull cup was something like this? Nicephorus deposed the Empress Irene in 802 AD and made himself emperor. He refused to pay tribute to the Islamic caliph, and therefore lost still more Roman [...]
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Justinian – Byzantine Reconquest
Justinian was a Roman emperor in the 500s AD. He tried to reconquer the old Roman Empire all around the Mediterranean Sea, but he didn't quite manage it. Justinian's wife was Theodora.
