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Before justinian became emperor, his partisan support for the blue party in the hippodrome had envenomed the rivalry between the blues and the greens, but. Theodora palaiologina, empress of bulgaria wikipedia. Maps, genealogies, a glossary, and a selection of related texts. The patronage of the empress theodora and her contemporaries. As empress, theodora met with foreign envoys, wrote to foreign leaders, passed laws, and built churches. Half the fun, for me, was mentally casting hollywood legends in all the major roles.