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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4004664, member: 87200"]Caracalla, responsible for massacring the population of Alexandria because they had insulted him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054383[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus Thrax, because of his alleged cruelty, violence, and anathema towards the senatorial class. His only good attributes were matchless strength and ability to command the legions.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero, whose cruelty and massacres were legendary, along with the accusation that he was responsible for the burning of Rome, during which he famously fiddled.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054387[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus, an opportunist who vowed to revenge the death of Pertinax, cut a phony truce with Clodius Albinus, and then had him killed. Also, he defeated his rival Pescennius Niger in the East and severely punished any city that had supported him, including Byzantium. He famously told his sons upon his death "Enrich the soldiers, ignore all others" which became standard practice for the ephemeral rulers during the "crisis of the third century."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054391[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054392[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine the "Great." He had his wife boiled alive, killed his son Crispus, and wreaked havoc within his family. Baptized upon his deathbed, he hoped for forgiveness of his crimes before he could sin again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054393[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054394[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4004664, member: 87200"]Caracalla, responsible for massacring the population of Alexandria because they had insulted him. [ATTACH=full]1054383[/ATTACH] Maximinus Thrax, because of his alleged cruelty, violence, and anathema towards the senatorial class. His only good attributes were matchless strength and ability to command the legions. [ATTACH=full]1054385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1054386[/ATTACH] Nero, whose cruelty and massacres were legendary, along with the accusation that he was responsible for the burning of Rome, during which he famously fiddled. [ATTACH=full]1054387[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, an opportunist who vowed to revenge the death of Pertinax, cut a phony truce with Clodius Albinus, and then had him killed. Also, he defeated his rival Pescennius Niger in the East and severely punished any city that had supported him, including Byzantium. He famously told his sons upon his death "Enrich the soldiers, ignore all others" which became standard practice for the ephemeral rulers during the "crisis of the third century." [ATTACH=full]1054391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1054392[/ATTACH] Constantine the "Great." He had his wife boiled alive, killed his son Crispus, and wreaked havoc within his family. Baptized upon his deathbed, he hoped for forgiveness of his crimes before he could sin again. [ATTACH=full]1054393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1054394[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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