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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 8353398, member: 101013&quot;]Interesting Ryro! (even though I can imagine the why of your choice for this topic ;-)) </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m however not quite sure what to do with the term in relation to Romans, or their emperors. There are numerous examples where one group of Romans disliked other groups of people, and even groups of fellow Romans! In many of these instances however, another explanatory factor is also to be found, either be it political or military. Doesn&#039;t change the fact that overall Roman society was a place filled with hatred and violence. A mere three months I ago I would have added &quot;in comparison with our modern society&quot;, however with recent evens I dont think this applies anymore...</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, on the other hand, one of the reasons the Roman empire became a successful empire for a while, was because of the Roman &#039;acceptance and tolerance&#039; towards other peoples. Via their &#039;citizenship&#039; many people were incorporated into their empire. Even from a religious perspective, you can find examples of the Roman tolerance of other religion. And we all know they even incorporated deities, gods and other religious elements of other peoples into their own. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever the conclusion may be - I cannot draw one - I&#039;m more then happy to share some interesting coins of &#039;biggot&#039; emperors (and one non-emperor)</p><p><br /></p><p>Brutus, because he hated those Caesarians (I mean, can&#039;t we all just get along...??):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482418[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nero, with lovely portrait:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482419[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And Caracalla, with a coin that bolsters his &#039;defeat of alexandria&#039;: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482420[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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