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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1777083, member: 19463&quot;]Those who do not know the story of Sophia, wife of Justin II and niece of Theodora, might enjoy looking it up.&nbsp; The Byzantines may not have been ready for a female ruler in her own name but Justin II was not quite all there mentally and needed a strong woman behind the throne.&nbsp;&nbsp; Justinian and Justin II were good, early examples of why we today use the term &#039;Byzantine&#039;&nbsp; to mean excessively complicated.&nbsp; Politics was a real mess more often than not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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