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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1977068, member: 19463&quot;]Claudius was not Gallic Empire but was the legitimate emperor in Rome during the height of the Gallic usurpations.&nbsp; It started as a reaction to Gallienus and Aurelian put a stop to the foolishness. The other ruler of little consequence was Quintillus, Claudius&#039; brother, who was put up as an opponent of Aurelian.&nbsp; Had he succeeded, he might be known as second of the Claudian Dynasty but Aurelian was the choice of the armies and turned out to be a decent ruler.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO this is not a place for Postumus since the Gallic Empire deserves a thread of its own.&nbsp; I will give a Quintillus and mention that his coins are usually a bit scrappy and part legend. [ATTACH=full]351940[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One might say the 3rd Century killing spree started when Caracalla killed Geta and grew in madness from there.&nbsp; The idea of the emperor being the guy with the biggest knife dates back to Septimius Severus who was only selected as emperor by the Senate after they saw it was the safe thing to do. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]351941[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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