Excerpt from The Age of Justinian and Theodora, Vol. 2: A History of the Sixth Century A. D The Empress Theodora,3 after her elevation, still pre most aspects of her life and character a marked contrast - to Justinian. She was devoted to the care of her person, and a great part Of each day was given over to the mysteries Of her toilet.4 She trusted especially to sleep for the preservation Of her beauty, and passed an excessive number of hours, both day and night, upon her couch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.