@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

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