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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1977690, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, I&#039;m not 100% sure which of the rulers you dudes are allowing to be included in this cool thread? (oh, but I&#039;m pretty sure that somebody will step-in and comment on my examples ... please do) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">So, I have chosen <b>Philip-I &amp; Philip-II and Trajan Decius</b> ...</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While <b><span style="color: #ff0000">Philip-I</span></b> was Gordian-III&#039;s Praetorian Prefect, he purposefully mismanaged the soldier&#039;s food supply in hopes of pinning the blame on Gordian-III (apparently this strategy worked very well, for the soldiers mutinied and young Gordian-III merely went &quot;missing&quot;) ... then before the whole thingy could be properly investigated, Philip proclaimed himself emperor (sounds like his troops got a bit of loot for making the whole plan run smoothly) ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]352214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]352215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]352216[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>However, several other military leaders tried to contest Philip&#039;s takeover ... but &quot;luckily&quot; Philip&#039;s ablest general (<b><span style="color: #ff0000">Trajan Decius</span></b>) was able to defeat these rebellions.&nbsp; Actually, Trajan Decius did such a great job that his subjects demanded that he should be hailed as emperor! ... Philip headed off to meet the advance of the rebels, but was killed in battle.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]352217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]352218[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Philip-II</span></b> was the son of Philip-I and was named co-Augusta just before Philip-I headed off to battle Trajan Decius (Philip-II was only ten years old at this time =&gt; geee, thanks Dad, what could go wrong?) .... so, once Trajan Decius defeated Philip-I, the Praetorian Guard merely mudered Phillip-II and kept things simple.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]352219[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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