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... Theodora from that moment became a fervent Blue . In any case their mother shortly afterwards married her late husband's successor as keeper of the bear pit , and the three children were brought up and educated , so to speak , on the ...
... Theodora from that moment became a fervent Blue . In any case their mother shortly afterwards married her late husband's successor as keeper of the bear pit , and the three children were brought up and educated , so to speak , on the ...
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... Theodora's death . He had been concealed by the heretical Empress in her private apartments . The widower Justinian ... Theodora allotted the Palace of Hormisdas to heretical refugees and as many as five hundred monks were housed ...
... Theodora's death . He had been concealed by the heretical Empress in her private apartments . The widower Justinian ... Theodora allotted the Palace of Hormisdas to heretical refugees and as many as five hundred monks were housed ...
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... Theodora and was even suspected of trying to put the Emperor against her . She determined that he must be crushed and in order to gain her purpose and to destroy the confidence that Justinian continued to place in his Grand Vizier , she ...
... Theodora and was even suspected of trying to put the Emperor against her . She determined that he must be crushed and in order to gain her purpose and to destroy the confidence that Justinian continued to place in his Grand Vizier , she ...
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The King as God | 27 |
The King as Warrior | 47 |
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