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But why do audiences love to hate her? What does the "Atrocious Empress" archetype offer to narratives? The Anatomy of an Atrocious Empress

In 797 CE, Irene orchestrated a coup against her own son. Her soldiers captured Constantine and dragged him to the Porphyry Chamber—the very room where Irene had given birth to him. On her explicit orders, they so brutally that he died from his wounds days later. Irene then took the throne as the sole male-styled "Emperor" of Byzantium. Valeria Messalina: Rome’s Fatal Temptress atrocious empress

Ruling the Byzantine Empire during a time of intense religious and political turmoil, Empress Irene’s quest for total power led to an act of familial betrayal that shocked the medieval world. But why do audiences love to hate her