The Power Game in Byzantium : Antonina and the Empress Theodora.

Intro -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 -- The Background to the Story -- 2 -- The Scum of Society -- 3 -- The Rise to Power -- 4 -- The Remarkable Career of the Young Belisarius -- 5 -- Antonina in Love -- 6 -- Victory and Defeat in the Ecclesiastical Arena -- 7 -- Theodora's Riposte -- 8 -- The Fall of John the Cappadocian -- 9 -- The Theodosius and Antonina Affair Continued -- 10 -- Plague and Intrigue -- 11 -- Theodora Fosters an Anti-Chalcedonian Church -- 12 -- The Agony of Italy -- 13 -- Postlude: The Ending of the Era of Reconquest -- Appendix -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.

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