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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2481950, member: 76194&quot;]Suleyman the Magnificent was not very magnificent to his family. Yes, he extended the Ottoman Empire, overextended it if you ask me, in as much the way as Justinian overextended the Byzantine Empire and sewed the seeds for decline.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not content with making the same folly as his predecessor Justinian, Suleyman also murdered the most capable of his sons, thus leaving the Empire in the hands of mediocrity once he died.</p><p><br /></p><p>But my opinion of him aside, nice coin, and excellent write up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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