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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2322686, member: 76111&quot;]I hate dictators.&nbsp; It&#039;s partly why I don&#039;t collect Roman Imperial with a bunch of kings on the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one Augustus issue, though I&#039;ve got a bunch of Octavians when there was still some small hope that Rome wouldn&#039;t slide into a permanent monarchy.&nbsp; In my mind, my coin marks the end of the promise of a Roman Republic in my collection, with a single portrait of the Dear Leader on the front and some bastardized beast on the back (yes, I do know what it is).&nbsp; I think it&#039;s an appropriate symbol of what had happened to Roman society as they embraced a political system that would very soon bring them Caligula and many like him until the disastrous end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same kind of people we suffer today, just we have faster internet and microwave food.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]469721[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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