One of my New Year's Resolutions is to draw more (whispers-- and to catch up on my commissions) and here are sketches of Byzantine emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, based on the famous San Vitale mosaics and various contemporary busts out there #sketch #drawing #justinian #theodora #byzantium #empresstheodora #artistsonmastodon

Justinian and Theodora romance sketch! I totally love these two as a couple-- the courtesan that married a prince!-- and there's not much art for them out there. #justinian #theodora #empresstheodora
#art #illustration #sketchbook #sketch
#romanceart #byzantineempire #byzantium

Was Theodora I, the wife of Emperor Justinian of Byzantium (reigned 527 - 565 CE), a heroine? https://www.worldhistory.org/article/603/theodora-a-true-heroine/ #History #Byzantium #EmpressTheodora #JustinianI

Flavius Belisarius (l. 505-565 CE) was born in Illyria (the western part of the Balkan Peninsula) to poor parents and rose to become one of the greatest generals, if not the greatest, of the Byzantine Empire.https://www.worldhistory.org/Belisarius/ #Belisarius #EmpressTheodora #Goths #History