Antonina - ܐܢܛܘܢܝܢܐ
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"A former actress, Antonina rose to the rank of patricia due to her marriage with Belisarius and her close connection with the empress Theodora. Due to her past, she was a controversial figure and depicted very negatively in Procopius' Secret History."3
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Floruit
mid-6th century
Sex
female4
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"A former actress, Antonina rose to the rank of patricia due to her marriage with Belisarius and her close connection with the empress Theodora. Due to her past, she was a controversial figure and depicted very negatively in Procopius' Secret History."3Status: draft
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- 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 42chapter: 3.1.32.
- 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), entry: Antonina 1p: 91-93.
- 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), p: 91-93.
- 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 42.
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