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Antonina (Greek: Ἀντωνίνα, c. 484 or 495 – after 565) was a Byzantine patrician and wife of the general Belisarius.. San Vitale basilica, Byzantine mosaic depicting Empress Theodora (6th century) flanked by a chaplain and a court lady believed to be her confidante Antonina, wife of general Belisarius
Antonina Miliukova (1848–1917), wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Antonina Nezhdanova (1873–1950), Russian opera singer; Antonina Prusinowska (fl. 1767), Polish stage actress; Antonina Shuranova (1936–2003), Russian actress; Antonina Szumowska, birthname of Antoinette Szumowska (1868–1938), Polish pianist
Antonina (wife of Belisarius) C. Comito; T. Theodora (wife of Justinian I) This page was last edited on 18 October 2019, at 12:40 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
[18] [19] Employment as an actress at the time would have included performing "indecent exhibitions" on stage and providing sexual services off stage. During this time, she may have met Antonina, the future wife of Belisarius who also became a part of the women's court led by Theodora.
Rita Jolivet. Rita Jolivet as Teodora Augusta; Ferruccio Biancini as Justinian; René Maupré as Andreas; Emilia Rosini as Antonina; Adolfo Trouché as Belisarius; Mariano Bottino as Marcellus
In Herman Melville's Mardi (Chapters 25, 26, 28), Samoa's wife Annatoo is described as a Termagant, and metaphorically referred to as Antonina (wife of Belisarius) to Samoa's Belisarius. Explaining why she did not need the armaments on the ship, Melville writes "Her voice was a park of artillery; her talons a charge of bayonets." (Chapter 23.)
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Belisarius had reportedly gained much popular support following his return from the Gothic War and the Cappadocian considered him another rival favorite. According to Procopius, Theodora and Antonina, wife of Belisarius, allied against the Prefect. Antonina arranged a private meeting with John, supposedly to conspire against Justinian.