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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3346231, member: 81887&quot;]Well, nothing in the OP said it could only be Roman emperors <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Phraates V, or Phraatakes (&quot;little Phraates&quot;) ruled over Parthia from 2 BC to 4 AD.&nbsp; He acquired the throne by murdering his own father; but since his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had all done the same in their own times, that particular atrocity could almost be excused as a peculiarity of the Arsakid imperial line.&nbsp; However, he then married his own mother Musa, and that was too much for the Parthians, who rose up and overthrew him.</p><p><br /></p><p>A drachm of Phraatakes alone:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]886101[/ATTACH]</p><p>A drachm featuring his beautiful blushing bride:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]886102[/ATTACH]</p><p>I think Phraatakes fits the &quot;Evil Emperors&quot; category well because, not only do his actions seem evil to most contemporary people, but his own society judged them evil and punished him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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