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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4257637, member: 111387&quot;]My favorite, perhaps, is the Caesar that never was to be(IMP)...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/germanicus/RIC_0043[caligula].1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>*Not my coin. I&#039;ve yet to acquire one...</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, he spawned &#039;little boot&#039;, but one has to wonder if his son&#039;s spoiling was as much a product of his environs, the lack of a positive father figure, and well, a nurturing mother to boot.</p><p><br /></p><p>How might the Julio-Claudian dynasty fared had Germanicus survived to take the reins of the empire? </p><p><br /></p><p>Would he have bankrupted the treasury? </p><p><br /></p><p>Was his untimely demise merely a product of a cruel but necessary fate? -- As the civil war and following restoration brought the stability and reconstruction of the first two Flavians, and then the Nerva-Antonine(5 good ones) delivering the empire to its peak.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Arising out of the ashes...&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s what they state at least</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I suppose I ought to pick a favorite of the official 12. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm... </p><p><br /></p><p>Some have made a great case for Vespasianus here, and Nerva&#039;s got a great schnozz, however, I guess I&#039;ll go with the guy that I have the nicest coin of:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://srv2.imgonline.com.ua/result_img/imgonline-com-ua-resize-d6CEiYiGnNuo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Germ&#039;s bro.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean c&#039;mon, the guy enjoyed a good fart.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP&#039;s favorite..</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got an 8.3% chance at a correct guess here.&nbsp; Sticking with the Germanicus theme here, I&#039;ll go with Vitellius, he knew &#039;what might have been&#039; too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Either that, or he was trying to ride someone else&#039;s valor.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Standin&#039; on your mama&#039;s porch</p><p>You told me that it&#039;d last forever</p><p>Oh, and when you held my hand</p><p>I knew that it was now or never</p><p>Those were the best days of my life</p><p>Oh, yeah</p><p>Back in the summer of &#039;69, oh</p><p>It was the summer of &#039;69, oh, yeah</p><p>Me and my baby in &#039;69, oh</p><p>It was the summer</p><p>The summer, the summer of &#039;69, yeah&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If I win, I nominate whoever gets the most votes collectively in this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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