APRIL 17 -- JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA

 

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theodora.jpg (945858 bytes)

 

JustinianFace.jpg (611864 bytes)                           TheodoraFace.jpg (707263 bytes)

 

 

Sports and Violence:  the Circus Factions

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Chariot Race.jpg (351173 bytes)

Chariot Wipeout.jpg (387045 bytes)

 

 

 

The Great Church of Hagia Sophia.

 

 

 

San Vitale, Ravenna:

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Mosaic in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, depicting facade of Theodoric's palace.   After the Byzantine conquest, Theodoric and friends are erased from the picture, but if you look carefully at the columns, you can see a couple of hands they left behind!

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Justinian in old age:

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