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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4112266, member: 99554"]I didn't have a big bronze of Maximinus Thrax in my collection."Big bronze"is a particularly appropriate expression for this emperor. The Roman historian Herodian wrote about him :</p><p><br /></p><p>"There was in the Roman army a man named Maximinus whose half-barbarian family lived in a village in the most remote section of Thrace. They say that as a boy he was a shepherd, but that in his youthful prime he was drafted into the cavalry because of his <b><i>size and strength." </i></b>(History VI,6.1)</p><p><br /></p><p>"He wanted no one around him who was superior to him in birth, desiring to act the tyrant as if from <b><i>a lofty height</i></b>, with no one near to whom he must defer."</p><p>(History VII,3)</p><p>"The emperor's appearance was frightening and <i><b>his body was huge</b></i>; not easily would any of the skilled Greek athletes or the best-trained warriors among the barbarians prove his equal." (History VII,12)</p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>Historia Augvsta</i> we also found those details about him :</p><p><br /></p><p>"He was of such size, so Cordus reports, that men said he was <i><b>six inches over eight feet in height.</b></i>" (The two Maximini VI,8)</p><p><br /></p><p>"Maximinus was almost <i><b>eight and a half feet tall</b></i>; and certain men deposited a shoe of his, that is, one of his royal boots, in a grove which lies between Aquileia and Arcia because, sooth, they agreed that it was a foot longer than the measure of any foot of man." (The two Maximini XX III,8)</p><p><br /></p><p>So the guy was really big, he only ruled for a big three years, and after him the whole empire was in big trouble... He was finally killed by his own soldiers, perhaps beheaded, at the age of 65 and at only 7 feet tall...</p><p>So here's my new baby. Feel free to post your examples of Big Maximinus Thrax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus I Sestertius</p><p>30mm 15.90g. Rome</p><p>IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG / VICTORIA AVG SC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067309[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4112266, member: 99554"]I didn't have a big bronze of Maximinus Thrax in my collection."Big bronze"is a particularly appropriate expression for this emperor. The Roman historian Herodian wrote about him : "There was in the Roman army a man named Maximinus whose half-barbarian family lived in a village in the most remote section of Thrace. They say that as a boy he was a shepherd, but that in his youthful prime he was drafted into the cavalry because of his [B][I]size and strength." [/I][/B](History VI,6.1) [I][B][/B][/I] "He wanted no one around him who was superior to him in birth, desiring to act the tyrant as if from [B][I]a lofty height[/I][/B], with no one near to whom he must defer." (History VII,3) "The emperor's appearance was frightening and [I][B]his body was huge[/B][/I]; not easily would any of the skilled Greek athletes or the best-trained warriors among the barbarians prove his equal." (History VII,12) In [I]Historia Augvsta[/I] we also found those details about him : "He was of such size, so Cordus reports, that men said he was [I][B]six inches over eight feet in height.[/B][/I]" (The two Maximini VI,8) "Maximinus was almost [I][B]eight and a half feet tall[/B][/I]; and certain men deposited a shoe of his, that is, one of his royal boots, in a grove which lies between Aquileia and Arcia because, sooth, they agreed that it was a foot longer than the measure of any foot of man." (The two Maximini XX III,8) So the guy was really big, he only ruled for a big three years, and after him the whole empire was in big trouble... He was finally killed by his own soldiers, perhaps beheaded, at the age of 65 and at only 7 feet tall... So here's my new baby. Feel free to post your examples of Big Maximinus Thrax. Maximinus I Sestertius 30mm 15.90g. Rome IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG / VICTORIA AVG SC [ATTACH=full]1067309[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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