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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2541260, member: 19463&quot;]These takes on Musa were what Sellowwd was talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most pious Caesar Augustus gave Musa to Phraates as a State gift.&nbsp; I suspect she was better looking than the average slave girl.&nbsp; What we call incest was the normal way of doing business in many Eastern cultures and how the king could find a wife worthy of his bloodline without incurring the problems that come with in-laws.&nbsp; For example, the need to find suitable mates of high enough blood resulted in the German Hanovers becoming kings of England.&nbsp; The Egyptians were very much into sister/wife/mother complexes.&nbsp; Before you blame Musa and the kid for killing Phraates, read up on how he managed to be king.&nbsp; It has been truly said of many cultures that the most dangerous thing you can be is brother of the king.&nbsp; Ask Geta.&nbsp; Even the Romans had little problem with such family links.&nbsp; Julia Maesa and Soemias claimed Elagabalus was son of Caracalla.&nbsp; Caligula died while planning to move the capitol to Egypt which was more into his lifestyle (even though his sister Drusilla was dead before that).&nbsp; Writing ancient histories that were palatable to Victorian sensibilities was a problem. </p><p><br /></p><p>Things got a lot better after Christianity came to the front. Byzantines rarely killed off dad unless he did not react properly to having his tongue split or eyes removed making him too imperfect to be emperor. </p><p><br /></p><p>That rough Noah is one of the better ones because it shows at least part of the name Noah on the side of the box.&nbsp; Many do not; very few have all three letters.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather have the one with Septimius Severus and better surfaces.&nbsp; What holes?</p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoinage.org/uploads/3/4/3/4/34340153/6257481.jpg?412" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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