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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2851143, member: 51347&quot;]Super write up [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] !&nbsp; Great history, especially during this critical juncture in the Roman Republic&#039;s History!&nbsp; Selfishly holding power and control, ultimately got the Italian Peoples to revolt in the Marsic War.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will follow your timeline of <b>Lucius Opeimus</b> with some Denarii...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>131 BCE </b>as <b>Moneyer</b>, here is another Moneyer from that year.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676710[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Postumius Albinus 131 BCE Roma Mars Quadriga Sear 128 Craw 252-1</p><p><br /></p><p><b>125 BCE</b> during his <b>Praetorship</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676711[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Porcius Laeca 125 BCE AR Den Roma - Libertas in Quadriga holding pileus and rod crowned by Victory flying Sear 146 Craw 270-1</p><p><br /></p><p><b>121 BCE</b> when he was <b>Consul</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676712[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Plutius 121 BCE AR Den Roma X Dioscuri Sear 153 Craw 278-1</p><p><br /></p><p><b>116 BCE</b> <b>Commission to Numidia:</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]676713[/ATTACH]</b></p><p>RR Curtius Silanus 116-115 BCE AR Den Roma Jupiter Quad Lituus S 162 Cr 285-2</p><p><br /></p><p>Whose events contributed to and ultimately led to the disgraceful (for Rome) <b>Social War</b> 91-88 BCE.&nbsp; Rome LOSES the War POLITICALLY, but after some nasty fighting, defeats the Italians MILITARILY.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>91 BCE</b> - Social War - ROME:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676716[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Junius Silanus 91 BCE Roma B behind Biga I above Sear 225 Craw 337-3</p><p><br /></p><p><b>90-88 BCE</b> Marsic Confederation of Italians against Rome</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676717[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation denarius 90-88 BCE Italia-Corfinium Oath Ceremony over pig Sear 227 SCARCE</p><p><br /></p><p>One consequence was that the tough, mountain Italia Samnium people were virtually exterminated by Sulla and the Romans.</p><p>To their honor:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676718[/ATTACH]</p><p>Samnium Aesernia 263-240 BC AE 20 Vulcan Pilos Tongs Jupiter Biga[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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