Theodora (died A.D. 548) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. She suppressed the Nika sedition in 532 and determined many of her husbands religious policies. Justinian I (483-565) ruled as Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was the rebirth of imperial greatness. His generals recovered Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths. He had the church of the Hagia Sophia built. He called the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. The illustration dates to 1882. .
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Theodora (died A.D. 548) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. She suppressed the Nika sedition in 532 and determined many of her husbands religious policies. Justinian I (483-565) ruled as Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was the rebirth of imperial greatness. His generals recovered Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths. He had the church of the Hagia Sophia built. He called the Second Council of Constantinople in 553. The illustration dates to 1882. .

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6th century A.D. Theodora Byzantine empress Roman empress Justinian I Justinian Byzantine emperor Byzantine ruler Hagia Sophia Second Council of Constantinople Eastern Roman Empire Byzantine Roman emperor Constantinople 6th century A.D.

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