Antonina (wife of Belisarius)

Antonina
Bornc. 495
Diedafter 565
NationalityByzantine
OccupationPatrikia
Known forWife of the general Belisarius, confidante of Empress Theodora
SpouseBelisarius
Children
  • Photius
  • Ioannina
  • Daughter (wife of Ildiger)

Antonina (Greek: Ἀντωνίνα, c. 495 – after 565) was a Byzantine patrikia and wife of the general Belisarius.

San Vitale basilica, Byzantine mosaic depicting Empress Theodora (6th century) flanked by a chaplain and a court lady believed to be her confidante Antonina, wife of general Belisarius

Her influence over her husband was great; Procopius features her as dominating Belisarius.[1] The historian Paolo Cesaretti mentions her as a controversial figure and the "right arm" of the empress Theodora in the exercise of influence and power.[2]

  1. ^ Martindale, Jones & Morris (1992), p. 91–93
  2. ^ Paolo Cesaretti, Theodora: Empress of Byzantium, Paris, 2003, Payot, IX, p. 167