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Message:: [QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4600741, member: 98035"]The Crisis years were rife with obscure rulers Pupienus and Balbinus were seasoned politicians with decades under their belts, and both had previously served as consul - but what do we know about them except that they were too busy bickering to realize that the Praetorians were planning to assassinate them both?[ATTACH=full]1139431[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139434[/ATTACH] Even a fairly knowledgeable historian is unlikely to even name Aemilian as emperor, let alone any details of his rule[ATTACH=full]1139436[/ATTACH] We functionally know nothing at all about Quintillus, except that he was the brother of Claudius II, and didn't rule long[ATTACH=full]1139435[/ATTACH] Ditto with Marius, not mentioned outside of the Historia Augusta and his own coins.[ATTACH=full]1139433[/ATTACH] What did Tetricus II do? Were it not for his coins, we would have reason to doubt he existed at all.[ATTACH=full]1139428[/ATTACH] Severina is not mentioned in any historical source at all[ATTACH=full]1139430[/ATTACH] Ditto with Magnia Urbica[ATTACH=full]1139429[/ATTACH] Tacitus was an obscure man who stepped suddenly into the spotlight, led one successful campaign, and then died when a fever turned his brains into scrambled eggs[ATTACH=full]1139427[/ATTACH] And his brother Florian is even less well known, and accomplished nothing but losing a civil war.[ATTACH=full]1139452[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]