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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 7723767, member: 90981&quot;]Great coins and excellent write-up [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] .&nbsp; I unfortunately do not have a Didius Julianus coin in my collection yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of all of the unsuccessful political maneuvers in Roman history, I think his has to be the dumbest.&nbsp; As I understand it, his actual plan was:</p><p><br /></p><p>Step 1- Find Praetorians so dishonorable and corrupt that they would actually be willing to sell the title of emperor to the highest bidder.</p><p>Step 2- Pay these people to proclaim you as emperor.</p><p>Step 3- Rely on these same people to be exclusively responsible for your personal safety.</p><p><br /></p><p>What could possibly go wrong?&nbsp; Honestly, it’s pretty amazing to me that he managed to last 65 days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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