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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Johndakerftw, post: 2713413, member: 76543&quot;]Wow, Aethelred!!&nbsp; This is incredibly generous of you!&nbsp; Please enter me, fine sir. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You rocked on the lot!</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that you have Claudius in the mix.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was just reading up on him.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know too much about the Roman emperors.&nbsp; But, I found out that he had quite a few physical disabilities, some say he had cerebral palsy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, his family would ridicule him because of his ailments.&nbsp; His own mother was said to have called him “a monstrosity of a human being, one that nature began and never finished.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow!&nbsp; I feel bad for the guy having to deal with that.&nbsp; I&#039;m honestly sitting here feeling heartbroken that his family, especially his mother, would treat him that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, he rose above the limits of his physical body to become emperor.&nbsp; I can&#039;t imagine how difficult it would have been for him back then.&nbsp; It shouldn&#039;t be surprising that he became emperor because anyone is capable of doing what they put their mind too.&nbsp; But, it&#039;s still something that be kept in mind when we find it difficult to reach our goals because of the circumstances surrounding us.</p><p><br /></p><p>There ended up being several Christian persecutions under his reign.&nbsp; The apostle James ended up being killed in one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Am I close? Lol.&nbsp; I sucked at history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Erin</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:&nbsp; I know what it&#039;s like to be bullied and ridiculed because of my mental issues.&nbsp; I guess that&#039;s why I can kind of connect with Claudius a bit after reading that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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