As of today, in 1042, one of the most paradoxical and iconic pages of Byzantine history is written: Life and Theodora Porphyrogenites, two sisters of the Macedonian dynasty, become together by Byzantine Empress. Their coronation is not only a rare phenomenon for the time – it is also an act of radical overthrow: two women, without emperor next to them, sit on the throne of an empire built on male power. Life, born around 978, was the daughter of Constantine VII and sister of Basil II Bulgaria. For decades she was kept isolated in the palace, as her brother wanted to prevent dynamic marriages. When he finally took over the throne himself, life became a pawn at the weddings of power: he married Romanos III, whom he might poison. The second husband, Michael II, sidelined her, while her adoptive son Michael II exiled her. The people’s people’s uprising brought her back and she decided not to return alone. Theodora, smaller and more educated, had […]
Source: News Beast
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