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who is this diva though
Empress Theodora.
For what it’s worth, Procopius Secret History is pretty problematic as a historic source. A lot of it is probably entirely made up because he didn’t like her. (For some reason, a lot of powerful women in history get this kind of treatment - in Ming China, we have this lurid account of Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian’s rule for example. Or the rumors about Catherine the Great/horses.)
Or Queen Marie Antoinette, about whom was said to perfom "farcial sexual deviance" with her friends in the court. Later she was even accused of incest with her son.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette