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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7578870, member: 84905"]While portraits on late Roman siliquae can be quite stylized and boring. This siliqua of Gratian shows a very expressive image of the emperor.</p><p>He spend much of his reign in Trier (Germany) were the coin below was struck. He was the last Roman emperor to cross the Rhine. He battled the Alamanni, for example in the battle of Argentovaria. In 378 he marched east to join Valens' forces against the Goths, but arrived too late.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most famously he abolished religious freedom and made Catholicism Rome's state religion. Not bad for a man who died at the age of 24 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is Roma sitting on? Is this meant to be an emperor's cuirass?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306321[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7578870, member: 84905"]While portraits on late Roman siliquae can be quite stylized and boring. This siliqua of Gratian shows a very expressive image of the emperor. He spend much of his reign in Trier (Germany) were the coin below was struck. He was the last Roman emperor to cross the Rhine. He battled the Alamanni, for example in the battle of Argentovaria. In 378 he marched east to join Valens' forces against the Goths, but arrived too late. Most famously he abolished religious freedom and made Catholicism Rome's state religion. Not bad for a man who died at the age of 24 years. What is Roma sitting on? Is this meant to be an emperor's cuirass? [ATTACH=full]1306321[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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