How did Theodora react to the assassination of Theoktistos?
She celebrated
She didn't care much
She was enraged
She pardoned the assassins
Answer
Theodora was enraged when she learned of the assassination of her lover, Theoktistos. She had the conspirators tortured and executed, and then she set about to consolidate her power. She forced her husband, Justinian II, to issue an edict that restored her status as co-emperor, and she then began to exert her influence over the government.
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