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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7788407, member: 19463"]Unfortunate? Perhaps I have met too many minor league politicians but I suspect there are thousands of politically attuned people who would give anything, including a spare child, to be queen of the world for half their adult life and go down in history of one of the most influential women of history. How may Roman women do you consider more fortunate than Domna? Septimius married her because an omen foretold that she would marry a king. </p><p><br /></p><p>These people were not Mother Teresa grade saints. In the real-history version of 'Game of Thrones' pretty much anything goes. Some will say Maesa was as fortunate as Domna since she was able to engineer the change of puppet grandsons when the first was not living up to expectations. How does this compare to having one of your kids kill another? When Domna married Septimius Severus she bought the lottery ticket that paid big returns. If you want to feel sorry for someone, consider the girl who married Pescennius Niger. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple Fortuna denarii from 'Emesa':</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1336861[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...and one 'LORTVN REDVC'? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336859[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>From Rome, we get FORTVNAE FELICI recognizing the fact that, toward the end of the life of Septimius, she was the most fortunate and happy of all. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1336863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7788407, member: 19463"]Unfortunate? Perhaps I have met too many minor league politicians but I suspect there are thousands of politically attuned people who would give anything, including a spare child, to be queen of the world for half their adult life and go down in history of one of the most influential women of history. How may Roman women do you consider more fortunate than Domna? Septimius married her because an omen foretold that she would marry a king. These people were not Mother Teresa grade saints. In the real-history version of 'Game of Thrones' pretty much anything goes. Some will say Maesa was as fortunate as Domna since she was able to engineer the change of puppet grandsons when the first was not living up to expectations. How does this compare to having one of your kids kill another? When Domna married Septimius Severus she bought the lottery ticket that paid big returns. If you want to feel sorry for someone, consider the girl who married Pescennius Niger. Here are a couple Fortuna denarii from 'Emesa': [ATTACH=full]1336860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1336861[/ATTACH] ...and one 'LORTVN REDVC'? [ATTACH=full]1336859[/ATTACH] From Rome, we get FORTVNAE FELICI recognizing the fact that, toward the end of the life of Septimius, she was the most fortunate and happy of all. [ATTACH=full]1336862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1336863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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