Irene de Atenas

When the young Irene arrives in Constantinople from Athens, she does not know her future, but she will soon know how to channel it: she was not only the wife and mother of emperors, but she herself would become the only and indisputable empress of an Eastern Roman Empire that, even decaying, it still retained the splendor of its past. From Constantinople and surrounded by a small group of faithful, she was able to rule alone and with an iron hand the destiny of men and lands, despite being a woman. For this she had to face conspiracies and betrayals that time after time tried to take away her power. However, on not a few occasions she had to stain her hands with the blood of her enemies, and even, perhaps, with that of her own son...