Greetings all,

 

Today we celebrate Zoe taking the throne as the Empress Consort of Romanos III Argyros on November 12th in 1028 AD:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Porphyrogenita

Zoe was a strong and popular Empress who was known for her beauty. She even had a cosmetics laboratory her her palace rooms, and was said to be youthful looking into her 60's.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus