Top Cast
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Rita Jolivet
Teodora Augusta
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Ferruccio Biancini
Justinian
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René Maupré
Andreas
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Emilia Rosini
Antonina
Overview
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But a love affair with a handsome Greek whom she meets in Byzantium leads to revolution and armed conflict in both Byzantium and Rome.
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