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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3974752, member: 91461&quot;]Who&#039;d a thunk that bread and circuses weren&#039;t enough?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046079[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1046080[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly not Commodus. Who on this day 1,827 years ago was strangled to death by strongman/gladiator Narcissus at the instigation of his inner circle and own wife!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046073[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently you CAN have too much of a good thing said the Senate, his wife and the Roman people.</p><p>As if there was anything wrong with not only renaming half the world after yourself, as so many Roman Emperors had done before, but also, supposedly, believing you were the half son of Jupiter, Hercules himself!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046077[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commodus</p><p>177-192 AD AE As 24-25 mm, 10.34 g, Rome, 192 AD.</p><p>Obv. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, Head to right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev. HERCVL / ROMAN / AVGV / S C, Legend divided by club within laurel wreath.</p><p>RIC III 644; C. 193; BMC 722.</p><p>An interesting type. Fine to very fine.From: Auctiones GmbH</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, apparently, a bunch of real buzz kill party poopers decided to ban together to kill the actual son of Marcus Arelius!</p><p>For what? Having too much of a good time dressing up as Hercules, performing (and slaying) as a gladiator?!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046081[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Killing senators for any reason that he could Trump<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> up! Umm, you&#039;re welcome plebs. Sheesh.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046076[/ATTACH]</p><p>COMMODUS</p><p>181-192 AD. AR Denarius</p><p>of 191-2 AD. Laureate head / Victory flying with wreath and palm, star in field. RSC.568a. RIC.237</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, ok. Half joking aside, Roman history was written by the rich. Ie, the very senators that Commodus had beef with. And probably for a very good reason.</p><p>I know I know. As I recall, Gibbon had said it was all downhill after this guy had intentionally blown off his dad&#039;s campaigns to get back to Rome and party. But I am not so sure that the Senate wasn&#039;t the cesspool that he clearly thought it was. But that campaign WAS destined to fail. And the Senate had been wack since Before the Grachi Bros before hoes came along and tried to clean things up.</p><p>If I&#039;m ranting it&#039;s clearly due to the...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046072[/ATTACH]</p><p>That and it&#039;s New year&#039;s Eve. So there&#039;s that.</p><p>Happy New year&#039;s! Be safe!! And please post your Comedic<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> coins to celebrate the death of a man from a long long time ago. That may or may not have sold the world.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]fregObNcHC8[/MEDIA]</p><p>And if you prefer the original Bowie version (my wife) here ya go</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HSH--SJKVQQ[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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