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![]() ![]() Her name was Theodora, and she was the daughter of a bearkeeper. Theodora: Bearkeeper's Daughter, Courtesan, Empress She was "the most scandalous woman of the age," Dash says. The second thing you need to know about Justinian is that he married a prostitute. "He felt, I think, fairly strongly that the Roman Empire had taken a huge hit before his reign, and that it was his duty, really, as emperor to try and reconquer as much of that as possible," says historian Mike Dash. Justinian ruled the Eastern Roman (also known as the Byzantine) Empire out of Constantinople. Justinian came to power in 527 A.D., about 50 years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first thing you need to know about the Emperor Justinian is that his motto was essentially "Make The Roman Empire Great Again." (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) This article is more than 4 years old. The Hippodrome in Constantinople was the largest chariot racing stadium in the Eastern Roman Empire and the site of the Nika Riots. ![]()
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