Theodora: Empress of Byzantium (Mark Magowan Books) (60 page)

Levant

plague in

postal service

private homes

taxes and spending

torture and punishment

war with Goths

war with Vandals

women’s status

Rome: Circus Maximus

Coliseum

importance

papacy

sacks of

Saint Peter’s basilica

Rumagan

Sabas, Saint

Sade, marquis de

Samaritans

Samson, Saint

Sardou, Victorien

Saturninus

Scipio Emilianus

Secret History
(Procopius)

Sergius, general

Severus

silence, use of

Silverius, pope

Simeon Stylite, Saint

Simeon Stylite the Younger, Saint

Sittas, general

sodomy

Solomon, king

Sophia, empress (2)

Sykae

Sophron

Syriac language

Syrian Orthodox Church

Teia

Testament of Solomon

theater

Theocritus

Theodora, empress: in Alexandria

animals and

appearance

beauty treatments

career path

child desired by

childhood

circle around

coronation

as courtesan or concubine

daughter

death

depictions

eastern outlook

eating habits

education

as empress

family background

fidelity

funeral

Greek spoken by

Hieron palace

illness

journey back to Constantinople

legacy

listening acumen

literary portrayals

meeting with Justinian

monogram

name

Nika rebellion and

personality

places renamed for

power

Procopius’s portrayal

religion and

sarcophagus

sexual claims about

splendor

theatrical career

treatment of enemies

voyage to Bithynia

wardrobe

wealth

wedding

women and

words spoken by.
See also
Monophysites

Secret History

Theodore, bishop

Theodore Askidas

Theodore (official)

Theodoretus, bishop

Theodoric, Goth king

Theodosius

Theodosius, patriarch

Theodosius I, emperor

Thomaides of Lesbos, Saintn

Thucydides

Tiberius, emperor

Tibullus

Timothy, patriarch

Totila

Tribonian

Tyre

Valens, emperor

Vandals

Vigilantia Secunda

Vigilius, pope

Visigoths

Vitalian

Witigis

Zacharias Scholasticusn (1)

Zeno, emperor

Zenobia

Zooras

Zoticus