Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Felix Leo Theodoros Basiliscus Marcellus Pius Invictus Augustus has, in light of the marriage of his son Despótēs Caesar Flavius Valerius Leo Basiliscus Marcellus to Caesarissa Flavia Valeria Cassia, decided to honour his new daughter-in-law by appointing her to the rank of Déspoina, to match her new husband's rank of Despótēs. In addition, Felix has decided to raise both husband and wife to the further ranks of Augustus and Augusta, respectively, as full co-emperor and co-empress under Felix and his wife, Nousha. This comes with a very fancy anointing and coronation ceremony to go along with it, administered jointly by all 4 of the Eastern Patriarchs (and maybe by the Pope to if the Bandybot wants to be useful), a following swearing-in in the Constantinopolitan Senate chambers, and one further ceremony where all soldiers and officers of the Roman army and navy swear fealty to them. Their titles of Augustus and Augusta, titles of full Imperial status, also mean the Imperial throne shall not for even one second be vacant upon the eventual death of Felix, as there will already by a duly-crowned emperor and empress to succeed him and his wife. The Roman Empire shall not be wracked by a succession crisis in these trying and troubled times.

In addition to the above titlespam for the newlyweds, Felix has decided that it's time for the rest of his punk kids to get hitched too. After a quick flurry of diplomatic letters, the following marriages have been arranged:

• Caesar Flavius Valerius Zeno Basiliscus Marcellus, Felix's eldest son and a certified tactical genius, shall be married to Emelia, Lady of RIP Reformer, a stalwart annihilator of dirty mudhuts and reputedly a possessor of very large tracts of land. This marriage shall solidify by blood the alliance between the Roman and Romanian Empires, as the jointly fight the good fight against filthy mudhuts and their incestuous and vandalizing puppets.

• Caesarissa Flavia Valeria Ariadne Basilisca Marcella, Felix's eldest daughter, shall be married to Athalaric Magnus, Consul and Princeps Senatus of the Roman Reepublic [sic], the noble rebuilder of the once-faltering Western half of Roman civilization. With this marriage, the two halves of Rome shall once again be united by blood.

• Caesarissa Flavia Valeria Theodora Basilisca Marcella Porphyrogenita, Felix's youngest daughter, shall be married to Malius IV Fidelis, eldest son and heir of the Patricius Malius III Fidelis, and future head of the Roman Empire's most loyal and honourable family. Only the greatest and most respectable Roman bloodlines are ever joined by blood to the Imperial House, and the Malii clan has certainly earned that most exalted honour.

Roma Invicta!