Antonina was sent by Belisarius to Constantinople to secure help from Justinian, trading on her close friendship with Theodora. Brownworth notes she had been intriguing alongside Theodora against Belisarius rather than truly helping the war effort, and arrived in the city to find Theodora already dead.
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Episode 9 (6 mentions)
Antonina was sent by Belisarius to Constantinople to secure help from Justinian, trading on her close friendship with Theodora. Brownworth notes she had been intriguing alongside Theodora against Belisarius rather than truly helping the war effort, and arrived in the city to find Theodora already dead.
“after the reserves, the remaining ships, and his wife Antonina.”
“Though Theodora mistrusted him, she was fast friends with Antonina, and would guarantee”
“Even on this latest mission, Antonina had clearly been using her position to increase”
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