Byzantine Empress Theodora, would become an actress, prostitute, mistress, feminist, empress of the civilized world, and ...

Following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Istanbul earlier this spring, the reinforcement and restoration of the celebrated religious landmark is more crucial now than ever.

Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I ... revealed an early Christian mosaic featuring Greek inscriptions ...

Each mosaic is different ... Achieving an interplay, like that which brings to life the golden sacredness of Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, with the hieratic figures accompanying ...

Mosaic of Byzantine Empress Theodora. Credit: Petar Milosevic, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The amazing relationship between Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora is one of the most ...

History and Legends Although figures like Emperor Constantine the Great, Justinian, Heraclius ... of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. The mosaic depicts the Enthroned Theotokos holding the ...

Chariot races had their fans, like Rome’s Emperor Justinian the Great ... He was so gung-ho that he hung a mosaic sign at the entrance to his shop with the Greek inscription: “For the Victory ...

Justinian became Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in August ... is demonstrably visible by her inclusion in the famous mosaic of Justinian and his court (dated between 546-556) in the sanctuary ...

as some soldiers accused him before the emperor of aspiring to proclaim himself king of the region. Astutely, Justinian offered him the choice of staying on as governor or returning to receive his ...