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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1846317, member: 57495&quot;]Happy Belated Birthday, <b>Theodosius I the Great</b>, last emperor of the undivided Roman Empire!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lived : </b>11 January 347 - 17 January 395</p><p><b>Reigned : </b>19 January 379 - 17 January 395</p><p><br /></p><p>While I&#039;m sorry I missed Theodosius&#039;s birthday by a day, I&#039;m not <i>that </i>sorry since he did make us miss 1500 years of Olympic Games after he banned them in 393 AD.&nbsp; The old spoilsport was also responsible for putting out the sacred fire at the Temple of Vesta as well as disbanding the Vestal Virgins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one Theodosius coin, a scrappy AE4 from a mystery mixed lot purchased soon after I started collecting.&nbsp; I hope some of you have nicer ones that you can tag on.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]307785[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>THEODOSIUS I THE GREAT</b></p><p>AE4 </p><p>Uncertain mint, 388 - 392 AD, Sear 4188.</p><p>O: D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory walking left, carrying trophy and dragging captive, staurogram left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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