TY - BOOK AU - Evans,James Allan TI - The Power Game in Byzantium: Antonina and the Empress Theodora SN - 9781441120403 AV - DF572.5 .E84 2011 U1 - 949.5/013 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Theodora,-Empress, consort of Justinian I, Emperor of the East,--548 KW - Antonina,-approximately 484-approximately 565 KW - Byzantine Empire-Court and courtiers KW - Empresses-Byzantine Empire-Biography KW - Byzantine Empire-History-Justinian I, 527-565 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5309449 ER -