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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3433926, member: 91461&quot;]Though we often joke about the arbitrariness of it being 12 Caesars, &quot;Why not 7, 10 or 42???&quot;, it was, however, the amount of Caesars that the man/writer/historian/sensationalist who wrote the biographies decided upon (up to the time of his death there had been 15. Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian being left in the reign<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). This decision was made by a man named Suetonius.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Nuremberg_chronicles_f_111r_1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A boy named Sue&quot;tonius was born around 69 (if his parents had then we wouldn&#039;t have &quot;The 12 Caesars&quot;!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) CE and lived until after 122 CE. He was the emperor Trajan&#039;s secretary of studies and director of Imperial archives thanks to his friendship with Pliny the younger. And he, in his most well known writing would, unknowingly, set the bar for ancient collectors higher than a hippy in a helicopter!</p><p>You don&#039;t just run to the corner store and tell the ol&#039; fella, Wally, that works there, &quot;Heya pal. I need a coin of each of the first 12 Caesars, some funions and a box of Trojans, stat!&quot; You have to take your time. I wasn&#039;t even sure I would ever get all of them. But once you get close to having the set...that itch really sets in<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. And then pretty soon they all have to be portraits (they don&#039;t, but in my excitedly addicted to ancient mind they DO). Followed up by getting them all in silver. Though, that is what in my line of business we refer to as a stretch goal (not there yet<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p>I&#039;ve always admired the threads and posts that others have done on their 12 Caesars sets. They have put together some really stunning collections. Collections that I probably will never be able to afford. My slight embarrassment<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> at the quality of some of my Caesars probably being a bit of the driving force behind me not having posted my neat-O accomplishment sooner. However, I do enjoy creating and have been putting something together for the last couple of weeks with my 12 Caesars that I am almost done with and thought I would share. Sorry for the glare. And please keep in mind it is still a work in progress...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]911595[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post all your Caesar&#039;s, all your sets, all your artistic attempts or anything else you deem relevant (stories and anecdotes about Suetonius and the Caesars will get you likes with or without pics!).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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