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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4980869, member: 87200"]Could be a myth or something set up by one of his loyal deputies. There was some verbage about cowing the senators.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit, here is the passage in Herodian...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-7.2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-7.2/" rel="nofollow">https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-7.2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>[7.2.8] This engagement and his own bravery Maximinus reported in dispatches to the <a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/senate/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/senate/" rel="nofollow">Senate</a> and Roman people; moreover, he ordered the scene to be painted on huge canvases to be set up in front of the <a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/rome/rome-photos/rome-forum-romanum/curia-julia/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/rome/rome-photos/rome-forum-romanum/curia-julia/" rel="nofollow">Senate house</a>, so that the Romans might not only hear about the battle but also be able to see what happened there. Later the Senate removed this picture together with the rest of his emblems of honor. Other battles took place in which Maximinus won praise for his personal participation, for fighting with his own hands, and for being in every conflict the best man on the field.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4980869, member: 87200"]Could be a myth or something set up by one of his loyal deputies. There was some verbage about cowing the senators. Edit, here is the passage in Herodian... [URL]https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodian-s-roman-history/herodian-7.2/[/URL] [I][7.2.8] This engagement and his own bravery Maximinus reported in dispatches to the [URL='https://www.livius.org/articles/concept/senate/']Senate[/URL] and Roman people; moreover, he ordered the scene to be painted on huge canvases to be set up in front of the [URL='https://www.livius.org/articles/place/rome/rome-photos/rome-forum-romanum/curia-julia/']Senate house[/URL], so that the Romans might not only hear about the battle but also be able to see what happened there. Later the Senate removed this picture together with the rest of his emblems of honor. Other battles took place in which Maximinus won praise for his personal participation, for fighting with his own hands, and for being in every conflict the best man on the field.[/I][/QUOTE]
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