That in the year 547, Theodora could sarcely have a grandson of the age of puberty; 2.

That we are totally ignorant of this daughter and her husband; and, 3.

That Theodora concealed her bastards, and that her grandson by Justinian would have been heir apparent of the empire.] [Footnote 22: The sins of the hero in Italy and after his return, are manifested, and most probably swelled, by the author of the Anecdotes, (c.

4, 5.) The designs of Antonina were favored by the fluctuating jurisprudence of Justinian.

On the law of marriage and divorce, that emperor was trocho versatilior, (Heineccius, Element Juris Civil.