All three texts fit like a puzzle in my opinion because in a way it shows a cause and effect relationship. In the first text, the Secret History of Justinian and Theodora, it had talked about the empress Theodora herself. Throughout the reading it was quite evident that it was listing her qualities which led to her becoming who she was, a clever, witful yet popular empress. In addition, because of how popular she grew, she had gotten Justinian’s attention. Justinian was the emperor of Byzantine. Justinian gave her so much passion and this passion intrigued Theodora and together they impoverished many and favored the Blue faction over the Greens. This where the puzzle pieces come into place. Due to Justinian favoring the Blues, many had thought