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Empress Theodora with her retinue. Mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, VI century. The situation of women in the Byzantine Empire is a subject of scientific research that encompasses all available information about women, their environments, their networks, their legal status, etc., in the Byzantine Empire.
This category is for Christian female saints of the eastern part of the Roman Empire from the first splitting of the Empire into Western and Eastern jurisdictions under Diocletian in 285. It includes saints from the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire , while the Western Roman Empire was still in existence until the fall of ...
The eastern empire, often referred to as the 'Byzantine Empire' by modern historians, endured for almost another millennium until its fall through the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The final empress of the east, and final Roman empress overall, was Maria of Trebizond , wife of Emperor John VIII Palaiologos .
Theodora (/ ˌ θ iː ə ˈ d ɔːr ə /; Greek: Θεοδώρα; c. 490/500 – 28 June 548) [1] was a Byzantine empress and wife of emperor Justinian I.She was from humble origins and became empress when her husband became emperor in 527.
Byzantine women by occupation (6 C) A. Augustae (3 C, 73 P) B. Byzantine female saints (1 C, 20 P) C. Consorts of Epirus (9 P) D. Daughters of Byzantine emperors (1 C ...
This category is for Christian saints of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, i.e. the Byzantine Empire, from the conventional start date of the foundation of Constantinople in 330, until the Empire's end with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Byzantine female saints (1 C, 20 P) D. ... Pages in category "Christian female saints of the Middle Ages" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total.
Anna Komnene (Greek: Ἄννα Κομνηνή, romanized: Ánna Komnēnḗ; 1 December 1083 – 1153 [1]), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, [2] was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian.