134k views
13 votes
What was the message of theodoras speech? What is she saying?

User Dsdsdsdsd
by
5.3k points

1 Answer

10 votes
Justinian and his officials, unable to control the crowd prepared to flee, but Theodora spoke up and gave a moving speech about the greater significance of the life of someone who died as a ruler, over that of someone who lived but was nothing.
User Matthew Moore
by
5.9k points