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Fictitious characters are indicated with an asterisk (see Author’s Note on p. 361 for comments)

Acasius, Theodora’s father, bearkeeper, I suggest also former

Syrian priest

Alexia, daughter to Antonina (real person, father unknown,

invented name)

Amantius, Grand Chamberlain

Anastasia, Theodora’s mother, actress (real person, invented name)

Anastasia (Stasie), Theodora’s younger sister

Anastasius (“old Odd-eyes”), Emperor of Byzantium

Anastasius, grandson to Theodora, born to Juliana and Zeno

Antonina, actress and friend of Theodora, marries Belisarius

Asterius, Dancing Master of the Greens

Belisarius, general and later Commander in Chief of

the Byzantine army

Cappadocian John, Praetorian Prefect of the East, tax collecter

Celer, eunuch and Master of Offices

Chrysomallo, acrobat and dancer, friend to Theodora

Comito, Theodora’s elder sister, actress and courtesan

*Darius Pollo, Theodora’s first protector

*Denderis, a eunuch major-domo to Hecebolus

*Eric, spear-bearer to Vitalian

Eudaemon, Praetorian Prefect of Constantinople

Euphemia, formerly the slave Lupicina, Empress of Byzantium

*Fat Rosa, a washerwoman

Father Epiphanius, Patriarch of Constantinople

*Father Rufus, palace priest in Appollonia

Father Sabas, holy man

Father Samson, holy man and healer

Father Severus, deposed Patriarch of Antioch sheltering in Alexandria

Father Timothy, Patriarch of Alexandria

*Gaius Lepidus, champion charioteer

Hecebolus, becomes Governor of the Pentapolis in Africa,

Theodora’s lover

Hypatius, military man, nephew of Anastasius

Indaro, acrobat and dancer, friend to Theodora

Juliana, Theodora’s daughter by Hecebolus (real person,

invented name, father not identified)

Justin, a peasant and military man, follows Anastasius

as Emperor of Byzantium

Justinian, excubitor, Justin’s nephew, becomes Consul,

later Emperor of Byzantium

Lupicina, see Euphemia

Macedonia, dancing girl, spy

*Marcellina, friend to Theodora in Africa

*Marcus Anicius Longinus, senator, protector of Comito

Marius, Dancing Master of the Blues (real person, invented name)

*Mother Sophia, Mother Superior of convent in Alexandria

Mundus, general in Byzantine army

Narses, a eunuch, Commander of the Imperial Guard

Peter, bearkeeper, second husband of Anastasia (Theodora’s mother)

Photius, son of Antonina, father unknown

Pompeius, military man, nephew of Anastasius

Probus, military man, nephew of Anastasius, father to Zeno

who marries Juliana

Procopius, secretary and legal adviser to Belisarius, historian

*Ragu, assistant to Acasius

*Sister Agnes, nun and wool-spinner

*Sister Margaret, nun and gardener

Sittas, general in Byzantine army, marries Comito

Sophia, daughter born to Comito and General Sittas

Theocritus, claimant to the throne after Anastasius dies

Theodora, actress and courtesan, becomes Empress of Byzantium

Theodosius, mapmaker, adopted godson to Belisarius and Antonina

Tribonian, legal expert

Vitalian, soldier, Consul

Zeno, son of Probus, marries Juliana (real person, invented name)

Sundry other persons such as a mandator, slaves, soldiers, priests, housewives, dancing girls, etc.