Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series continues with a video on Porphyrios - the whole who famously annoyed the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian, and other bizarre and prominent ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce - but with a lot more chariots. Script and narration by Emma Nagouse ...

She was the daughter of a bear trainer and made a living as an actress and (very likely) a sex worker before catching the eye of the soon-to-be Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire.

This description of emperor Justinian “the Great” who reigned at Constantinople from 527 to 565 C.E. from the contemporary Chronicle of John Malalas is a good match for how the emperor appears in the ...

The time span covered is 379 to 565 C.E., from the accession of emperor Theodosius I to the death of emperor Justinian I. In the Introduction, the author writes: “The chapters that constitute this ...

A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed ...