[PDF.69oz] Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint (Women in Antiquity)

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint (Women in Antiquity)

[PDF.ou92] Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint (Women in Antiquity)

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 | #943458 in Books |  Potter David |  2015-11-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x.90 x9.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

 | Theodora Actress Empress Saint

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| IIluminating history of era not well known to most people ...|By bill durlin|IIluminating history of era not well known to most people. Manages to convey how truly fascinating Theodora and husband Justinian were. Writing is sometimes not clear. Difficult to follow religious issues of the time.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Not| ||"[Empress Theodora's] greatest moment was when she stiffened the resolve of the weak Justinian, persuading him not to flee in the face of dangerous rioting in the capital. Admittedly, this limited set of details forms the basis of a fascinating story, even if

Two of the most famous mosaics from the ancient world, in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, depict the sixth-century emperor Justinian and, on the wall facing him, his wife, Theodora (497-548). This majestic portrait gives no inkling of Theodora's very humble beginnings or her improbable rise to fame and power. Raised in a family of circus performers near Constantinople's Hippodrome, she abandoned a successful acting career in her late teens to follow a lover whom she...

You easily download any file type for your device.Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint (Women in Antiquity)   |  David Potter.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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