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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7836925, member: 82549&quot;]Once a taboo is broken, it becomes much easier for others to break it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait coin itself wasn&#039;t the reason Caesar was assassinated, it just added additional gas to the flames.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not familiar with the Pompey Magnus coin. Was that minted by him or one of his descendants?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the Brutus coin, he was trying to promote himself as the savior of the Republic. (So was Mark Anthony.) Since Caesar had already annulled the customary proscription against lifetime portraits, why not remind the troops who the boss is now?</p><p><br /></p><p>Egos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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