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 ...

Empress Theodora went from rags to riches. Theodora was the empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was wife of the emperor Justinian I, who reigned from 527–565. She was the daughter of the ...

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora ...

Although she is sometimes referred to as Empress Wu, she was really Emperor ... and when he later became Emperor he ruled closely with Theodora. Under Justinian’s reign, likely with influence ...