Biography of byzantine empress theodora
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Theodora (c. –)
Byzantine empress, known for her courage and sharp political skills, who wielded enormous power as the wife of Justinian I and strongly influenced his policies and actions during their joint rule of the world's greatest existing empire. Pronunciation: Thee-oh-DOR-ah.
Biography of byzantine empress theodora
Co-regent of Byzantium (r. –). Born Theodora (meaning "The gift of God") on the island of Cyprus, or more likely in Syria, around ce; died in ; second of three daughters of Acacius (the keeper of the Green faction's bears in Constantinople's Hippodrome) and a mother of low status; sister of Comitona and Anastasia; married Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (r.
–); children: (before her marriage) two illegitimate children, a son John and a daughter whose name is unknown.
Theodora, probably the most powerful Byzantine woman ever, was born into humble circumstances about , probably in the province of Syria.
Not long after Theodora's birth, her father Acacius landed a show-business position in the Byzanti