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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 4897104, member: 87200&quot;]Scholarship these days seems to indicate that Maximinus was not as fiendish as he is portrayed in the sources. A capable commander, he had risen through the ranks to become emperor. His chief opponents were in the Senate who believed the emperor must come from the Senatorial class. And the narrative was picked up by contemporary historians who besmirched his character and everything about the man. In recent years we have also seen the partial rehabilitation of Gallienus&#039; reputation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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