The name Melissena Martinakios probably doesn’t come to mind when thinking about famous princesses- in fact it’s a good bet that 99.9% of the population has never even heard of either of those names. Most of us, however, can’t start the day without her. Melissena was a Byzantine princess of the mid-9th century (that’s about [...]
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