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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3421917, member: 98035&quot;]Maximus from the movie was a synthesis of:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Pompeianus, Lucilla&#039;s second husband. She planned to make him emperor after she killed Commodus, but failed. After Commodus was dispatched, he was offered the Principate more than once during the events of 193.</p><p>2. Aemilian became emperor in 253 after killing Gallus and Volusian. The Senate refused to ratify him, but he reportedly swore an oath to use the office of the Principate to vanquish the Goths and Persians, and then abdicate and dissolve that office, restoring the Republic - this is why a quasi-usurper is called Aemilianus Pius on his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still think that Maximinus Thrax, Decius, or Valerian would make a better movie than whatever Hollywood is currently cooking up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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