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Church of San Vitale Mosaic panel – Justinian
Church of San Vitale Mosaic panel – Theodora
With the sack of Antioch, the Italian conquest falling apart and the Plague, the years 540-45 were like a nightmare for Justinian. The next five years would continue to bring bad news as war continues on every front and members of the Imperial family begin to pass away.
Period: 545-550
Download: Episode 29 – The Nightmare Decade
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Church of San Vitale Apse (you can see the Imperial couple either side of the windows)
The History of Byzantium 
I think there’s a law that any podcast that apologizes for technical difficulties must have a tiny but obvious technical glitch in it. That said, a wonderful podcast! It seems like this is the era when, maybe, everything could have been different.