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The prevalence of politically powerful eunuchs in the Byzantine Empire actually goes back to "Saint" Justinian the Great, widely regarded as the holiest Emperor of the East by the Church, in rank below only Constantine and Theodosius.
(Yes, the same St. Justinian responsible for the medieval Byzantine version of Tiananmen Square.)
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