11-15-2010, 07:32 AM
November 12, 1028 AD: Zoe, second daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, becomes empress of the Roman empire after the death of her father the day before. Two days earlier she had been married to Romanus Argyrus, the prefect (eparch) of Constantinople (Romanos III), even though they were third cousins, according to the wishes of her dying father.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
