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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4293610, member: 51347&quot;]Wow, thank you for that!&nbsp; I had no clue there was a remnant of the Romani Empire that was left.&nbsp; Thank you for the excellent write-up, pics, and maps, [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>WOW, on that video.&nbsp; They did an excellent job, and did not say a word.&nbsp; Impactful.&nbsp; I believe I am going there, and it will upset my wife that she is not allowed!</p><p><br /></p><p>So cool that this is the last vestage of the Romani Empire, that lives on, uninterupted, today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting thought:&nbsp; The Greeks built Empires by collapsing the Perisan Empire. Rome came and incorporated them into their Empire.&nbsp; Western Rome fell, the Eastern Greek portion of the Roman Empire carried on. </p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting irony:&nbsp; Greeks lose their Empires to Rome, but they continue the Roman(i) Empire on through today.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My most &quot;modern&quot; of Romani Empire AR coins...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092973[/ATTACH]</p><p>BZ Andronicus II - Michael IX AD 1295-1320 AR Basilikon 22mm 2.1g Constantinople Christ enthroned - Andronicus l Michael r labarum DOC V 1 Class VIII</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<b>My Earliest Roman AR coins...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1092976[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rome&#039;s first Silver coin... aspiring to becoming a regional power...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Anonymous, 280-275 BCE</b></p><p>Didrachm (Silver, 20mm, 7.28 g 11)</p><p>Uncertain mint (Neapolis?)</p><p>OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to right</p><p><i>REV: </i>Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.</p><p>REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1</p><p>COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion.</p><p><i>From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990s</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Some state these were minted in 312 BCE to pay for the building of Via Appia (Appian Way). The Appia and other Via&#039;s were designed and built to enable Rome to move their Legions RAPIDLY to troubled areas or to War. Additionally and very importantly, the Via&#039;s were main arteries for commerce. After all, the Legions were designed as political muscle so that commerce would flow...</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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