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- Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
1: [[image:Theodora.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Theodora, depicted on a Byzantine mosaic]]
4: ...f her life comes from the ''Secret History'' of [[Procopius]], published posthumously.
8: ... the [[Nika riots]] of [[532]], her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused ...
10: ...ething of a voice for prostitutes and the downtrodden. She also helped to mitigate the breach in Chris...
12: ...n to own and inherit property, and enacting the [[death penalty]] for [[rape]], all of which raised wo... - Agathias (4785 bytes)
5: ...out a hundred epigrams by Agathias that show considerable taste and elegance. He also wrote marginal n...
7: ...iefly with the struggles of the Byzantine army, under the command of the eunuch [[Narses]], against th...
9: ...oked on as a valuable authority for the period he describes." —[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/...
11: ...readth of Agathias' culture was not Christian (Kaldellis).
13: ...he history of [[freedom of thought]]— to [[Edessa]], where just a century later the forces of Is... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
1: ...ackground: #ffffff; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
13: ...it into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
27: ...nquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conqu...
29: ...of the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of ... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...ugustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struc...
5: ...s traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insig...
7: ...various semantic periods or eras. Such names include [[Byzantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] an...
9: ...r") imperial power showed its naked face, with golden crowns and ornate imperial ritual. We now know t...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
7: ... same site during the 4th century. Following the destruction of the first church, a second was built ...
8: ...ion of emperor [[Justinian I]] and rededicated on December 26, [[536]].
10: ...n extant poetic ''ekphrasis'', probably for the rededication of [[563]], which followed the collapse o...
12: ... The temple itself was so richly and artistically decorated that Justinian is said to have proclaimed ...
14: ... of the Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - Literature (25676 bytes)
1: ...dubious, but it does not interfere with the above definition.
5: ...tion of the United States]], all fall within this definition of a kind of literature.
9: ...re conservative interpreters of the concept would demand that the text have a physical form, usually o...
11: ...ience fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
15: ...gy|psychological]] insight in the delineation and development of character.
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