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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3614431, member: 19463"]I find it amazing that the three wives (one repeated) of Elagabalus each have coins dated to two different years. It took skill to time it so two of them served in the same two years. Perhaps more amazing is that the used wives were allowed to live into retirement. I suppose we might hold the execution of Annia Faustina's husband for treason against Elagabalus but it is not clear which came first (treason or execution) and whether this should be pinned on the boy or Grandma Maesa. Additional amazement comes when you realize that Maesa and her husband both died of what was recorded as 'old age' (mid sixties). </p><p><br /></p><p>I remain amazed that Hollywood/HBO has never taken the life and times of Maesa and made a movie/series. She watched her sister Domna rise to the top and lived long enough to change grandsons when the first one proved more trouble than he was worth. Think <u>Game of Thrones</u> with more intrigue and stranger sex but, alas, no dragons. I'm counting on you to write the screenplay. You could even cast the thing entirely from the now unemployed GoT cast members.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3614431, member: 19463"]I find it amazing that the three wives (one repeated) of Elagabalus each have coins dated to two different years. It took skill to time it so two of them served in the same two years. Perhaps more amazing is that the used wives were allowed to live into retirement. I suppose we might hold the execution of Annia Faustina's husband for treason against Elagabalus but it is not clear which came first (treason or execution) and whether this should be pinned on the boy or Grandma Maesa. Additional amazement comes when you realize that Maesa and her husband both died of what was recorded as 'old age' (mid sixties). I remain amazed that Hollywood/HBO has never taken the life and times of Maesa and made a movie/series. She watched her sister Domna rise to the top and lived long enough to change grandsons when the first one proved more trouble than he was worth. Think [U]Game of Thrones[/U] with more intrigue and stranger sex but, alas, no dragons. I'm counting on you to write the screenplay. You could even cast the thing entirely from the now unemployed GoT cast members.[/QUOTE]
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