"Your Destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instruments":vamp: JK! Ancients for the win!
It was the Divine Augustus who broke Alexander's nose.:shame: I think that we could go on about Alexander the Great until they discover his...
Well, he had just defeated his great something granddaughter. So don't blame him to much!;) Though he did accidentally break off Alexander's...
Agreed! I find it fascinating how his "post contemporaries" viewed him. Emperor Augustus remarked when a guide insisted he view the tomb of the...
I always loved that story! My personal favorite though is the Gordian knot affair. [ATTACH] All hail the Lord of Asia!
"Achilles was given a rare choice by the Fates. He could live a long life of obscurity, or a short life of glory" That quote is Alexander's life...
Yeah, he regularly stayed up at night sippin on some Macedonian wine. I read somewhere that some doctors think that Alexander may have died from...
Oh Procopius, the ill fated scion of the Constantinian dynasty. He ruled from 365 to early 366, so his coins aren't too common. Coins of him are...
Sweet pick ups.
After the death of poor Hephaestion, Alexander started to go of his rocker a bit. I can feel for they guy though; he lost he best friend ( and...
Congrats on your first coin, its a beauty!
Very nice coins, Steve and Mat!
Wow! I would love to have that one in my collection. Cheers!
Very nice coins shown so far!
I just did some quick math. At the time of Septimius Severus there were around 500,000 men , including Praetorian, Marine, and Auxillaries....
Holy hell! Those are some nice coins!:wideyed::hungry: I may need a good Siliqua to calm down my Gordian fever!
Very nice coins Bing! I really like that Drachm!
Wow! That is a nice tetradrachm, Chris. I think Gordian III is tied with Magnus Maximus for the number 2 spot of "most coins from one Emperor that...
When Pish showed off her awesome Gordian III Antoninianus example here a little while back, I knew I had to get one. And get one I did. Most...
I wouldn't mind working at the British Museum :smuggrin:. Some people have all the luck!
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