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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3569885, member: 84744&quot;]I find this subject fascinating too!&nbsp; I suspect that the process was more gradual than it&#039;s sometimes represented to be. This can be seen on the following coin of Probus, which foreshadows both the austere tetrarchal style (as do many coins of the late 3rd century), as well as the shift in court ethos: note the &quot;INV&quot; (Invictus) in the title, linking Probus to the unconquered sun, Sol.&nbsp; This surely must have been accompanied by some abasement of his subjects!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950428[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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