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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3931556, member: 82616&quot;]When I was a boy I was fascinated by the Roman Empire, primarily the Flavian Era, because of all the spectacular (and sometimes cheesy) miniseries that were shown on TV.</p><p><br /></p><p>The awesome <i>Masada </i>starring Peter O&#039;toole, David Warner, and Anthony Quayle.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036202[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The cheesy <i>The Last Days of Pompeii </i>notably starring Lawrence Olivier in his last role, Ernest Borgnine(!), Leslie-Anne Down, Ned Beatty(!), and Brian Blessed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036181[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036182[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036183[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036184[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036185[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036186[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was 14 my parents bought me a wonderful illustrated Penguin edition of Suetonius&#039; <i>The Twelve Caesars.</i> If they only knew what those pages contained!</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1036188[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many years later I discovered that one could acquire coins struck by the Roman emperors. Consequently my first coin purchase was a denarius of Vespasian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The rest, shall we say, is history![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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