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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1908006, member: 42773&quot;]Great pictures, Eduard. The carved frescoes are enormously impressive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phoenix types of Constans and Constantius II were issued to commemorate the 1100th anniversary of Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Constantius II, 317-361 AD </b></p><p>AE3; Siscia mint:</p><p>Obv.: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG; diademed, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Phoenix radiate, standing on rocky mound // epsilon SIS symbol 1</p><p>Reference: RIC VIII, Siscia 240 (p. 366) </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326826[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But there has been some very recent discussion over the accuracy of Rome&#039;s founding date. Here&#039;s an interesting and short article, apropos to this thread, from Laboratory Equipment Magazine - of all places...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/rome-was-founded-100-years-earlier-thought" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/rome-was-founded-100-years-earlier-thought" rel="nofollow">http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/rome-was-founded-100-years-earlier-thought</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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