- A fascinating portrait of a woman who rose from professional courtesan to influential advisor and empress - Takes advantage of the latest research on early Byzantium - Penetrates the highly biased accounts of her found in the writings of her contemporaries
About the Author David Potter is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. His books include Constantine the Emperor, The Victor's Crown, Emperors of Rome, and Ancient Rome: A New History.