Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2955830, member: 81808&quot;]I believe you could pull the name of any Roman Emperor out of a hat and find ample reasons that they were &quot;bad.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The so-called &quot;Good Emperors&quot; from Nerva to Marcus Aurelius would be genocidal tyrants by any objective standard of morality. Severus Alexander may have been a good natured person who enjoyed nothing more than playing with puppies (yes ancient sources record that he loved playing with puppies), but he was so weak willed that he allowed his mother to to have his wife Orbiana exiled to North Africa and his father in law executed. Julius Caesar and Titus are both said to have presided over the deaths of more than a million people (and although those numbers may be high there is no question that they left a pile of corpses behind them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not say any of this to be critical of this thread, it is a good one that I have enjoyed reading and there are some great coins posted here. I&#039;m just pointing out that the &quot;good emperor&quot; bar is set very low[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in