Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women before 1400 - Season 1 Episode 14 Theodora Rises from Dancer to Empress
0.0048 minutes
Witness one of the most dramatic stories of upward mobility in history: the rise of Theodora from prostitution to royalty. As co-ruler with her husband, the emperor Justinian, she led a lavish and influential life, exercising her power to help improve the lives of women who experienced the hardships she had known in her youth.