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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 1779905, member: 44316&quot;][ATTACH=full]284729[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]284730[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Antoninus Pius, as. The reverse displays two ANCILIA. Wikipedia says, &quot;<font size="4"><font size="3">They <font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">were twelve sacred shields kept in the Temple of</span></font> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(god)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(god)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0b0080"><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="sans-serif">Mars</font></span></span></a><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">. According to</span></font> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0b0080"><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="sans-serif">legend</font></span></span></a><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">, one divine shield fell from heaven during the reign of</span></font> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Pompilius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Pompilius" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0b0080"><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="sans-serif">Numa Pompilius</font></span></span></a><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">, the second</span></font> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Rome" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0b0080"><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="sans-serif">king of Rome</font></span></span></a><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">. He ordered eleven copies made to confuse would-be thieves, since the original shield was regarded as one of the</span></font> <i><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pignora_imperii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pignora_imperii" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0b0080">pignora imperii</span></a></span></font></span></i></font><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><font size="3">, sacred guarantors that perpetuated Rome as a sovereign entity.</font>&quot;</span></font></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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