{"id":45728,"date":"2021-05-02T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=45728"},"modified":"2021-05-02T16:32:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T19:32:00","slug":"teodora-prostituta-emperatriz-y-santa","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/blog.argxp.com\/en\/blog\/teodora-prostituta-emperatriz-y-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodora, Prostitute, Empress and Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will present the history of the <em>sensual <\/em><strong>Theodora<\/strong>, energetic, ambitious and controversial, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/profesion\/escorts\/\">prostitute<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>and actress, who became <strong>Empress <\/strong>of the <strong>Great Eastern Roman Empire, <\/strong>often misnamed Byzantium. With commoner blood and being <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/profesion\/escorts\/\">sexual companion<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>she became the most influential woman in the history of the Roman Empire, of an infinitely praised <em>beauty<\/em>. It came to be considered even <em>holy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Teodora-Prostituta-Emperatriz-y-Santa-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45731\"\/><figcaption><em>Theodora, Empress of the Great Roman Empire.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Roman Empire, despite losing its western provinces in the 5th century, will last for a long 1,400 years. The Roman Republic was reorganized as an Empire in the year 27 AD and finally falls in 1453 AD at the hands of the Ottoman Empire with the definitive capture of the great city of Eastern Rome: <strong>constantinople<\/strong>, called Istanbul until today after falling into Turkish hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45734\"\/><figcaption><em>Hagia Sophia or Hagia Sophia \u2013 Basilica in Istanbul, Turkey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theodora was born in Cyprus into a very humble family, her mother was an actress and dancer while her father was a bear tamer at the great Hippodrome of Constantinople, a place where chariot races, dances, plays and exhibitions of exotic animals were held. Some believe that as a child she lived in the basement of the racetrack, in an environment full of vices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At an early age he would dedicate himself to working in a <strong><em>brothel <\/em><\/strong>from the city with one of her two sisters, to enter later to work in the theater where she dedicated herself to the work of actress and <strong><em>courtesan<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTeodora began acting at the age of ten and soon, her delicate <em>beauty <\/em>and the character shown in her theatrical roles, led her to be the favorite at the community parties of the nobility, to the point that she quickly became the highest paid and most celebrated actress in Constantinople&quot; Assures Nora Carbonell in her academic article &quot;Teodora of Byzantium, prostitute and saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The time seems to suggest an intimate relationship between theater and prostitution. Therefore, performing a job as an actress included an uninhibited sensuality on stage, nourishing the libido of her spectators, and provocatively undressing, thus showing Teodora her sublime beauty. According to Procopio, a historian of the time, &quot;one of her favorite numbers consisted of riding half-naked on spirited steeds.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image3-800x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45735\"\/><figcaption><em>&quot;Byzantine Empire&quot; (from Byzantium, former name of Constantinople)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In these times she became close friends with the wife of the most famous Roman General of the time, Belisarius, as a first kick to rub shoulders with higher-ranking people. The first step on a path that would lead her to <strong>imperial royalty.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one of those community festivals, having gained a lot of fame throughout Constantinople, Theodora, aged sixteen, began working as a companion to a Syrian officer named Ecebolus, governor of Cyrenaica, today the north coast of Libya.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After living with him for four years, she was abandoned, however her destiny, even if she didn&#039;t know it yet, would be eternal glory. Her friend, Belisario&#039;s wife, &quot;was the one who persuaded her to attend an aristocratic party where she met Prince Justinian, immediately captivated by her beauty and proud attitude as an intelligent woman superior to circumstances.&quot; Justinian, after confronting the law that prohibited royalty from marrying prostitutes, servants or women of dubious origin, changed the laws of the time to make her Empress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bizancio_Emperatriz-Teodora-de2-800x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45736\"\/><figcaption><em>Theodora, the great empress of Byzantium | Middle Ages | History<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus Theodora, despite being of commoner origin, managed to be crowned as empress with the title of Augusta. She exercised power as chosen by divinity and they recognized her right to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are testimonies that Theodora was very &quot;determined and courageous&quot; and &quot;that she took action on matters related to improving the quality of life for women&quot; of the colossal Eastern Roman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&quot;In her new role, Theodora rose to the occasion, remaining faithful to her husband, taking an interest in state affairs, demonstrating great insight, and exerting considerable influence over Justinian in matters of government.&quot; Assures Luis Orrego Campano in <strong>The Empress Theodora: Construct of the political figure of women in the Byzantine Empire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan Nora Carbonell \u00abTeodora, fue proclamada Santa por la iglesia ortodoxa, debido a su indiscutible labor humanitaria a favor de las minor\u00edas y de las clases sociales m\u00e1s desprotegidas, en una \u00e9poca de prohibiciones y acentuada subvaloraci\u00f3n de la mujer\u00bb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gracias a Teodora, si una mujer decid\u00eda ejercer la prostituci\u00f3n \u00abdeb\u00edan trabajar en burdeles regentados por ellas mismas, con reglamento especial para evitar los abusos\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teodora sin tener sangre real fue \u00abaccediendo y legitimando progresivamente un uso autocr\u00e1tico del poder, que permiti\u00f3 durante los siglos VI y IX que la autoridad imperial adoptara formas femeninas\u00bb Seg\u00fan Perez Sanchez. Dionisio;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:11px\">References:<br \/>http:\/\/gredos.usal.es\/jspui\/bitstream\/10366\/73746\/1\/Identidad_nacional_y_modelos_femeninos_e.pdf<br \/>Nora Carbonell, \u201cTheodora of Byzantium, prostitute and saint\u201d.<br \/>Isabel Lasala Navarro, \u201cPublic and political image of Empress Teodora. A study from the work of Procopio de Cesarea\u201d<br \/>https:\/\/core.ac.uk\/download\/pdf\/38836718.pdf<br \/>Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda de Francisco Olmos, \u201cWomen and the supreme power in Byzantium, V-XI centuries. Numismatic approach\u201d<br \/>Luis Orrego Campano, &quot;The Empress Theodora: Construct of the political figure of women in the Byzantine Empire&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover the best <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/argentinaxp.com\/profesion\/escorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">escort<\/a> VIP<\/strong> in Argentina XP!<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":45733,"template":"","blog-categoria":[43],"class_list":["post-45728","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-categoria-historia-e-historias"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teodora, Prostituta, Emperatriz y Santa - Blog Argentina XP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teodora, Prostituta, Emperatriz y Santa - Blog Argentina XP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presentaremos la historia de la sensual Teodora, en\u00e9rgica, ambiciosa y pol\u00e9mica, prostituta y actriz, que lleg\u00f3 a ser Emperatriz del Gran Imperio Romano del Este, a menudo mal llamado Bizancio. 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