Zeno's mother-in-law who hated him and spent a year directing popular hatred against him before engineering his flight to Isauria. She attracted the general Illus and her incompetent brother Basiliscus to her cause, but ultimately failed to get her lover appointed emperor. She later tried to scheme against Zeno again and was imprisoned.
Also known as: Aelia Verina · Varina
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Episode 6 (4 mentions)
Zeno's mother-in-law who hated him and spent a year directing popular hatred against him before engineering his flight to Isauria. She attracted the general Illus and her incompetent brother Basiliscus to her cause, but ultimately failed to get her lover appointed emperor. She later tried to scheme against Zeno again and was imprisoned.
“To make matters worse, his mother-in-law Varina hated him, and was determined to use his unpopularity”
“Varina had overthrown an emperor, but she failed to get her lover appointed, and incredibly”
“His mother-in-law Varina, up to her old tricks, continued to scheme against him, and when”
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