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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2822068, member: 39084"]One of the actions I most admire about Titus was his decree ending trials based on (usually bogus) charges of treason. From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>"One of his first acts as Emperor was to order a halt to trials based on treason charges,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57" rel="nofollow">[56]</a> which had long plagued the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principate" rel="nofollow">principate</a>. The law of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason" rel="nofollow">treason</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_majestas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_majestas" rel="nofollow">law of majestas</a>, was originally intended to prosecute those who had corruptly "impaired the people and majesty of Rome" by any revolutionary action.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58" rel="nofollow">[57]</a> Under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" rel="nofollow">Augustus</a>, however, this custom had been revived and applied to cover <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander" rel="nofollow">slander</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel" rel="nofollow">libel</a> as well.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58" rel="nofollow">[57]</a> This led to numerous trials and executions under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" rel="nofollow">Tiberius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" rel="nofollow">Caligula</a>, and Nero, and the formation of networks of informers (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delator" rel="nofollow">Delators</a></i>), which terrorized Rome's political system for decades.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57" rel="nofollow">[56]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Titus put an end to this practice, against himself or anyone else, declaring:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>'It is impossible for me to be insulted or abused in any way. For I do naught that deserves censure, and I care not for what is reported falsely. As for the emperors who are dead and gone, they will avenge themselves in case anyone does them a wrong, if in very truth they are demigods and possess any power.</i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-dio-romanhistory-lxvi-19-59" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-dio-romanhistory-lxvi-19-59" rel="nofollow">[58]</a>'</p><p><br /></p><p>His strength of character and self-assuredness are outstanding, even among Roman emperors. He was a <i>rara avis</i> among ancient and modern rulers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The OP coin is outstanding for its portrait, still fully recognizable and artistically rendered despite the coin's wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2822068, member: 39084"]One of the actions I most admire about Titus was his decree ending trials based on (usually bogus) charges of treason. From Wikipedia: "One of his first acts as Emperor was to order a halt to trials based on treason charges,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57'][56][/URL] which had long plagued the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principate']principate[/URL]. The law of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason']treason[/URL], or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_majestas']law of majestas[/URL], was originally intended to prosecute those who had corruptly "impaired the people and majesty of Rome" by any revolutionary action.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58'][57][/URL] Under [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus']Augustus[/URL], however, this custom had been revived and applied to cover [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slander']slander[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel']libel[/URL] as well.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-tacitus-annals-i-72-58'][57][/URL] This led to numerous trials and executions under [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius']Tiberius[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula']Caligula[/URL], and Nero, and the formation of networks of informers ([I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delator']Delators[/URL][/I]), which terrorized Rome's political system for decades.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-suetonius-titus-8-57'][56][/URL] Titus put an end to this practice, against himself or anyone else, declaring: [I]'It is impossible for me to be insulted or abused in any way. For I do naught that deserves censure, and I care not for what is reported falsely. As for the emperors who are dead and gone, they will avenge themselves in case anyone does them a wrong, if in very truth they are demigods and possess any power.[/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus#cite_note-dio-romanhistory-lxvi-19-59'][58][/URL]' His strength of character and self-assuredness are outstanding, even among Roman emperors. He was a [I]rara avis[/I] among ancient and modern rulers. The OP coin is outstanding for its portrait, still fully recognizable and artistically rendered despite the coin's wear.[/QUOTE]
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