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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AussieCollector, post: 3295968, member: 81093&quot;]thanks for sharing [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] , fascinating stuff. Fantastic coin too, I&#039;m very jealous.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do however have to disagree with your description of Phocas. Yes, he was incompetent, yes his inexperience was the last thing ths Empire needed, yes he was paranoid, but was he a tyrant? And was his paranoia unjustified? The history books seem to tell us so, but the history books were written by those who overthrew him.</p><p><br /></p><p>This podcast from the History of Byzantium, titled &quot;In fairness to Phocas&quot;, gives a more objective assessment of his reign than the standard throw away line of &quot;he was a tyrant&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2014/01/09/episode-42-in-fairness-to-phocas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2014/01/09/episode-42-in-fairness-to-phocas/" rel="nofollow">https://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2014/01/09/episode-42-in-fairness-to-phocas/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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