Jamie Pachino, author of Bailiwick Repertory’s intriguing and exasperating “Theodora: An Unauthorized Biography,” sets no small goal: She wants to rescue the Byzantine Empress Theodora from ...

For those who are unfamiliar with her, the Byzantine empress Theodora (A.D. 500-48) is an especially illuminating figure by which to bring so many aspects of the ancient world into focus.

Talk about family drama. But wait, it gets worse. Theodora's absence allowed Zoe to wreak havoc on the empire. She took a lover, had her husband killed, and adopted her paramour's nephew to be the new ...

Together, Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora I transformed the Byzantine landscape. The ranks of Eastern Orthodox saints are filled with celibates and monastics, but not all Orthodox saints ...

Prokopios was the court historian of the Byzantine Empire’s most well-known rulers, Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora.

In the background is a slide from Gryc's presentation on Theodora, Byzantine Empress. Special to the Record-Eagle ...

ELEVENTH CENT URY.--Psellos describes the two Empresses, Zoe and Theodora, as seated on their throne covered with ornaments, with the narthex or wand of office in their hands.