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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3920131, member: 98035"]Love the filed-off Domitian and Geta! Gotta get me some of those!</p><p><br /></p><p>On the subject, it's important to not only remember what history says, but what it <i>doesn't</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aemilian's entire career before his brief stint as usurper conveniently didn't survive, despite probably being extensive </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033280[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We know absolutely zilch about the man named Quintillus, except that he was the brother of Claudius II and that he killed himself rather than face Aurelian</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033281[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Historia Augusta is the only historical record of the man named Marius, and spends about half a page mocking him</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033282[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Severina clearly shared power about 50/50 with her husband in a very patriarchal age, not surprisingly she isn't mentioned in history <i>at all</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1033283[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>All that remains of Carinus is a smear campaign started by Diocletian, labeling him as a tyrannical womanizer who was killed by a cuckolded general</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033284[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>His wife, Magnia Urbica isn't mentioned in any history at all - it reportedly took decades before numismatists figured out who she was even married to</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033285[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3920131, member: 98035"]Love the filed-off Domitian and Geta! Gotta get me some of those! On the subject, it's important to not only remember what history says, but what it [I]doesn't[/I]. Aemilian's entire career before his brief stint as usurper conveniently didn't survive, despite probably being extensive [ATTACH=full]1033280[/ATTACH] We know absolutely zilch about the man named Quintillus, except that he was the brother of Claudius II and that he killed himself rather than face Aurelian [ATTACH=full]1033281[/ATTACH] The Historia Augusta is the only historical record of the man named Marius, and spends about half a page mocking him [ATTACH=full]1033282[/ATTACH] Severina clearly shared power about 50/50 with her husband in a very patriarchal age, not surprisingly she isn't mentioned in history [I]at all [ATTACH=full]1033283[/ATTACH] [/I] All that remains of Carinus is a smear campaign started by Diocletian, labeling him as a tyrannical womanizer who was killed by a cuckolded general [ATTACH=full]1033284[/ATTACH] His wife, Magnia Urbica isn't mentioned in any history at all - it reportedly took decades before numismatists figured out who she was even married to [ATTACH=full]1033285[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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