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Historical person
495–565
Antonina was the wife of the Byzantine general Belisarius and an influential figure at the court of Justinian and Theodora. Procopius portrays her as active in military households, court intrigue and the political struggles surrounding Belisarius, though his hostile Secret History requires cautious use.
In Robert Graves’s Count Belisarius, Graves sets battlefield success against court suspicion in Constantinople, where Belisarius’s loyalty, his marriage to Antonina and his relationship with Justinian and Theodora shape his fate as much as his victories.
Series
The Moments of History series uses self-contained historical adventures to explore discoveries and technologies that changed the balance of power between societies. Each novel follows fictional travellers and craftsmen whose ambitions place them beside documented rulers, scholars and military events at a decisive historical turning point. The Silk…
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Non Fiction
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