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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4975317, member: 99554"]<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Emperor_Maxentius_Louvre_Ma3522bis_n2.jpg/1280px-Emperor_Maxentius_Louvre_Ma3522bis_n2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Le Louvre, Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The History</b></p><p>Marcus Aurelius Valerius <b>Maxentius</b> was born around 279 AD, the son of the joint Emperor Maximianus with his wife Eutropia. Despite his birth status and his senatorial rank, Maxentius was passed over twice in the succession to the throne. In 305 AD, when both Diocletian and his father retired from office, <b>Maxentius</b> was passed over for the rank of Caesar losing out to Galerius and Constantius Chlorus (father of Constantine the Great). Even if he was married to the daughter of Galerius, Valeria Maximilla, Maxentius was passed over a second time after the death of Constantius I when Severus II was raised to the rank of Augustus and Constantine was given the rank of Caesar. After this second humiliation, Maxentius led a revolt 306 AD in an attempt to claim what he believed to be his birth right to the throne. On <b><span style="color: #ff0000">October 28</span></b>, 306 AD, all of Rome rose in support of Maxentius thereby proclaiming him to be Emperor. <i>In resume</i>, Its power extends over the whole of Italy and the African provinces which accept the supply of wheat and oil to Rome. For a long time, he managed to free himself from the threats posed to his power by the heirs of Diocletian, in particular Galerius. He brings back to business his father, Maximien Hercules and he forges alliance relations with Constantine. Gradually, however, his position weakened and his political isolation grew. Quarreling with his father, Maximien Hercules, in 308, he also had to face the secession of the African provinces. For the next 4 years, the civil war ravaged the empire and finally only two opposants were still alive.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the battle of Milvian bridge, Constantine's the Great armies defeated <b>Maxentius's</b> troops, who retreated to the Tiber, and in the chaos of the fleeing army trying to cross the river, Maxentius fell into the water and drowned. His body was found the next day and paraded through the city, and later sent to Africa, as a sign that he had surely perished. It happened on <b><span style="color: #ff0000">October 28</span></b>, 312 AD, exactly 6 years after he was raised to the title of Emperor...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Coinage</b></p><p>The coins that were issued under his authority, include illustrations inspired by the great legends of the founding of Rome and its early days: the She-Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the god Mars , both god of war and father of these divine twins. He possessed at least five mints that didn't produced simultaneously, though; Rome was the only mint <b>Maxentius</b> had at his disposal during his entire reign. After he was defeated, a large portion of his coins were collected and brought to the Constantinian mints to be melted down, which explain the relative scarcity of his coinage in comparison of the other rulers of that era. Much like his enemy Constantine, he reduced the size of the nummus to 1/48 of a pound around 307 AD in Italy and North Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Interesting fact</b></p><p>In December 2006, Italian archaeologists announced that an excavation under a shrine near the Palatine Hill had unearthed several items in wooden boxes, which they identified as the imperial regalia, possibly belonging to Maxentius.The items in these boxes, which were wrapped in linen and what appears to be silk, include 3 complete lances, 4 javelins, what appears to be a base for standards, and three glass and chalcedony spheres. The most important find was a scepter of a flower holding a blue-green globe, which is believed to have belonged to the Emperor himself because of its intricate workmanship, and has been dated to his rule. These are the only known imperial insignia so far recovered.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195567[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>On this day of his coronation and death, please show us your nicest Maxentius coins !</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Maxentius</b> Rome</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1195556[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Maxentius </b>Ostia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1195557[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4975317, member: 99554"][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Emperor_Maxentius_Louvre_Ma3522bis_n2.jpg/1280px-Emperor_Maxentius_Louvre_Ma3522bis_n2.jpg[/IMG] Le Louvre, Paris [B]The History[/B] Marcus Aurelius Valerius [B]Maxentius[/B] was born around 279 AD, the son of the joint Emperor Maximianus with his wife Eutropia. Despite his birth status and his senatorial rank, Maxentius was passed over twice in the succession to the throne. In 305 AD, when both Diocletian and his father retired from office, [B]Maxentius[/B] was passed over for the rank of Caesar losing out to Galerius and Constantius Chlorus (father of Constantine the Great). Even if he was married to the daughter of Galerius, Valeria Maximilla, Maxentius was passed over a second time after the death of Constantius I when Severus II was raised to the rank of Augustus and Constantine was given the rank of Caesar. After this second humiliation, Maxentius led a revolt 306 AD in an attempt to claim what he believed to be his birth right to the throne. On [B][COLOR=#ff0000]October 28[/COLOR][/B], 306 AD, all of Rome rose in support of Maxentius thereby proclaiming him to be Emperor. [I]In resume[/I], Its power extends over the whole of Italy and the African provinces which accept the supply of wheat and oil to Rome. For a long time, he managed to free himself from the threats posed to his power by the heirs of Diocletian, in particular Galerius. He brings back to business his father, Maximien Hercules and he forges alliance relations with Constantine. Gradually, however, his position weakened and his political isolation grew. Quarreling with his father, Maximien Hercules, in 308, he also had to face the secession of the African provinces. For the next 4 years, the civil war ravaged the empire and finally only two opposants were still alive. At the battle of Milvian bridge, Constantine's the Great armies defeated [B]Maxentius's[/B] troops, who retreated to the Tiber, and in the chaos of the fleeing army trying to cross the river, Maxentius fell into the water and drowned. His body was found the next day and paraded through the city, and later sent to Africa, as a sign that he had surely perished. It happened on [B][COLOR=#ff0000]October 28[/COLOR][/B], 312 AD, exactly 6 years after he was raised to the title of Emperor... [B]The Coinage[/B] The coins that were issued under his authority, include illustrations inspired by the great legends of the founding of Rome and its early days: the She-Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the god Mars , both god of war and father of these divine twins. He possessed at least five mints that didn't produced simultaneously, though; Rome was the only mint [B]Maxentius[/B] had at his disposal during his entire reign. After he was defeated, a large portion of his coins were collected and brought to the Constantinian mints to be melted down, which explain the relative scarcity of his coinage in comparison of the other rulers of that era. Much like his enemy Constantine, he reduced the size of the nummus to 1/48 of a pound around 307 AD in Italy and North Africa. [B]Interesting fact[/B] In December 2006, Italian archaeologists announced that an excavation under a shrine near the Palatine Hill had unearthed several items in wooden boxes, which they identified as the imperial regalia, possibly belonging to Maxentius.The items in these boxes, which were wrapped in linen and what appears to be silk, include 3 complete lances, 4 javelins, what appears to be a base for standards, and three glass and chalcedony spheres. The most important find was a scepter of a flower holding a blue-green globe, which is believed to have belonged to the Emperor himself because of its intricate workmanship, and has been dated to his rule. These are the only known imperial insignia so far recovered. [ATTACH=full]1195567[/ATTACH] [B]On this day of his coronation and death, please show us your nicest Maxentius coins ! Maxentius[/B] Rome [B] [ATTACH=full]1195556[/ATTACH] Maxentius [/B]Ostia [ATTACH=full]1195557[/ATTACH] [B][/B][/QUOTE]
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