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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8220249, member: 85693&quot;]I had a similar &quot;conversion experience&quot; about Maximinus Thrax after I read </p><p><i>Maximinus Thrax: From Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome</i> by Paul N. Pearson. </p><p><br /></p><p>This book is one of the finest biographies I&#039;ve ever read; the research is impressive, with a lot of interesting archaeological and numismatic evidence used to support the scanty literary evidence.&nbsp; Maximinus emerges as a far more impressive figure than the &quot;barbarian with a big chin&quot; stories I&#039;d heard.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maximinus-Thrax-Common-Soldier-Emperor/dp/1510708634" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Maximinus-Thrax-Common-Soldier-Emperor/dp/1510708634" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Maximinus-Thrax-Common-Soldier-Emperor/dp/1510708634</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Pearson&#039;s take on the Battle of Harzhorn is very interesting - the far ranging and deadly incursions of Roman legions deep into Germania (although it might be a Severus Alexander campaign):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_the_Harzhorn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_the_Harzhorn" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_the_Harzhorn</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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