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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Whizb4ng, post: 1886349, member: 54140&quot;]My own &#039;Madroosi&#039; came in!</p><p><br /></p><p>Galba has always been one of my favourite emperors. Not because he was a great emperor but because I found his assassination so interesting. Particularly the story of Sempronius Densus, the sole Praetorian who stood form while his colleagues turned on Galba or disappeared from the scene.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plutarch wrote of Sempronius Densus </p><p><br /></p><p>Galba was beheaded and hacked up with around 120 people claiming to be the one who took his life. Each looking for favour from Otho. When Otho was deposed not long after Vitellius received the list the name and had them executed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sempronius&#039; final stand is considered the only heroic act done in Rome on that day and because of his &#039;act worthy of Rome&#039; he is remembered in history. In regards to his final stand Cassius Dio wrote </p><p><br /></p><p>Not a bad way to be remembered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galba Dupondius</p><p>Date: 68-69 AD</p><p>Obverse: IMP SER GALBA - AVG TR P, Laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: LIBERTAS - PVBLICA, S-C, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and sceptre</p><p>Size: 28.38 mm</p><p>Weight: 13.43 grams</p><p>Attribution: RIC I 275</p><p>Ex VAuctions, Ex Madroosi collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/TdAzJiLl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i.imgur.com/jD9SjiUl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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