Exams were in full swing a few days ago and I looked more like a cadaver than an actual person. To ease the pain of studying for six hours...
The Roman Senate was supposedly founded by Romulus to help govern the fledgling city-state. After the overthrow of the Kings in 509 BCE, the...
There are few Emperors who were given worse odds than Heraclius Constantinus Augustus was. Heraclius better known as Constans II became Emperor of...
It should come to no surprise that I like Emperor Magnus Maximus. Some of the reasons are because he was the last strong man of the Western Roman...
I'm not going to lie, I love late Roman coins from the Rome mint. The style for their coins from the 350's to the 390's are some of the best...
Most people in the Ancient world thought of the Roman Emperors as towering semi divine individuals, this is in part thanks to a good PR department...
The last time we left Emperor Honorius and Stilicho, they were celebrating a triumph in Rome against the vandals at the tail end of summer 405 CE....
Picked this little gem up earlier this summer from Ken Dorney. I always wanted a coin of Geta, don't ask me why!:D When I first read about Geta...
I have no idea how these coins were not sold durring my buying spree of Late Roman silver coins last year. They need to go so I can buy more Roman...
In 387 a large army crossed the Italian Alps and moved to capture Mediolanum, they did not encounter any resistance. The army was led by Flavius...
Before I blow a few hundred dollars on my next Siliqua I thought I would get a nice little AE from the city that started it all. This coin was...
I'll let the article speak for itself. :D https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.com
Rome has fallen, the glory days of the Antonines are a distant memory fit for the history books, and the Empire is beset on all sides by enemies...
These "coins" were struck in the waning days of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan. The Shoguns ruled Japan from 1600 until 1868 when the Mejing...
The last Roman officials and troops left the province of Britannia in 410 for the final time. Roman presence in Britain had been drawing down...
$860 for a Tremissis of Tiberius II???!? Is there something I'm missing here? These normally go for $250-300ish. Hell for that price I could get a...
Flavius Iustinus Iunior Augustus was born in Constantinopolis in 520 CE to Vigilantia and Dulcissimus. Not much is know of his early childhood but...
A few days ago I found myself reading a number of the Emperor Julian's works, one of which is titled The Caesars. The Caesars is a short comedy...
Though many of you would think I am the last person on CT to buy an Indo-Greek coin, I will admit that I love their coins and history. The...
I try to avoid bronze coins and focus on Silver issues but from time to time I come across a nice coin for a good price. I think this is one of...
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