Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

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Archaeologists in Bulgaria have unearthed five gold coins dating to the time of the emperor Justinian the Great (ruled from A.D. 527 to 565). Although it is not unusual to discover coins during ...

The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a ... who seemed to rule by divine right as an absolute monarch. By then, the empire had ceased to exist, so Westerners with no knowledge of Greek ...

Back in Medieval China, Emperor Wu was the daughter of a lumber merchant and the only woman ever to rule China in ... soon-to-be Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire. We can’t be sure ...

Judith and Elizabeth, twins of Sir Justinian Isham 2nd Baronet of Lamport in Northamptonshire, were both buried in Westminster Abbey. Their mother was the Baronet's first wife Jane, daughter of Sir ...