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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3033695, member: 91461&quot;]WoWiE! That&#039;s an eye catcher right they&#039;d folks! Beautiful portrait. And I LOVE the idea! A bad boys of Rome thread! Yeeeeeaaaaasssss!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie64" alt=":mask:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie61" alt=":link:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie71" alt=":peeking:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie106" alt=":zombie:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;ll put up 3 as tribute. 2 obvious and 1 whom I&#039;m surprised isn&#039;t mentioned as a ruthless ruler more often.</p><p>The 1st is good ol sister loving, senator wife soliciting,&nbsp; horse electing (at least if you believe Suetonius. Which I don&#039;t. But who am I to let the truth stand in the way of a great story??) Little Boots! Here&#039;s a version I don&#039;t see too often...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]756176[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]756177[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius(Caligula)</p><p>LYDIA, Philadelphia</p><p>Neocaesarea. 37-41 AD. Æ</p><p>14mm (2.62 gm). Bare head</p><p>right; lituus under chin / Winged</p><p>thunderbolt; ATTAΛIKOC</p><p>(magistrate). RPC I 3026; SNG</p><p>Copenhagen -; cf. BMC Lydia</p><p>pg. 194, 51. VF, black patina.</p><p>Rare. Fomer: Savoca coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up: Having no leadership experience, being super rich and having the hottest woman in Rome as your daughter are not the credentials for a great emperor. Adding insult to injury his predecessor, Pertinax, by all accounts was a great leader and could have done Rome a lot of good if the Pretorian guard weren&#039;t so greedy and murderous. Never the less Didius Julianus bought his way into the purple before dying a cowards death.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]756192[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]756193[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>DidiusJulianus</p><p>AD 193. AR Denarius Rome</p><p>mint. Laureate head right /</p><p>RECTOR ORBIS, emperor</p><p>standing left, holding globe and</p><p>scroll. RIC IV 3; RSC 15. VF,</p><p>porous.</p><p>The reverse of this denarius</p><p>portrays Didius Julianus as</p><p>master ofthe world.His reign</p><p>lasted just sixty-six days.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, a usurper who had his own 1st born son beheaded, divorced his wife by having her boiled to death (soups on sweetheart!), he had his father in law hang himself and moved the capitol of Rome to name it after himself. You guessed it! It&#039;s &quot;Con&quot;stantine. Talk about history being written by the victor! This guy is now considered a saint?! And people wonder why organized religion scares the crud out of me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]756207[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]756208[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CONSTANTINE I</p><p>307-337 CE Æ Follis</p><p>Siscia mint. Struck 335-336 AD.</p><p>Diademed, draped and</p><p>cuirassed bust right / Two</p><p>soldiers, one standard; ASIS.</p><p>RIC VII 252. EF, glossy brown patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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