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

@phistorians can't recommend a trip to Ravenna enough
I wanted to go to see the mosaic of Empress Theodora , but so much else to see too

#Ravenna #Mosaics #EmpressTheodora

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
Theodora: A True Heroine?

Was Theodora I, the wife of Emperor Justinian of Byzantium (reigned 527 - 565 CE), a heroine? The historian Treadgold calls her a protectress of women, as she used her influence to help them gain...

World History Encyclopedia
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
Belisarius

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...

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