Theodora (imperatrix 1042-1056)

Theodora (Graece Θεοδώρα), cognomine Porphyrogenita (Constantinopoli nata anno 984; ibidem mortua mense Septembri 1056), fuit Imperatrix Byzantina ab anno 1042 (interdum cum collegiis) et imperatrix sola a mense Ianuario 1055 usque ad mortem.

Nummus recto Iesum, verso Theodoram depingit.

Historia

Theodora fuit filia minima Constantini VIII Imperatoris Byzantini et Helenae, filiae Alypsii. Soror senioris eius nomine Zoë, quae anno 1028 cum Romano Argyro, Imperatori Byzantino novo, in matrimonium ducta est. Romano autem anno 1041 mortuo, Theodora et Zoe coimperatrices factae sunt. Post menses duas, Zoe in matrimonium reducta est, coagens Theodora potentiam permittere. Anno autem 1055, Theodora imperatricem iterum facta est. Die 31 Augusti anno 1056, Theodora mortua est, post regnum viginti mensium.

Fontes

• Michael Psellus, Chronographia
• Michael Attaliates, Historia
• Ioannes Scylitzes, Synopsis historiarum

Bibliographia

• Garland, Lynda. 1999. Byzantine Empresses: women and power in Byzantium, AD 527–1204. Londinii: Routledge.

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