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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IMP Shogun, post: 8000649, member: 114683&quot;][ATTACH=full]1388090[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC IX Constantinople 57e</p><p>20mm 2.42g</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great dynasty to collect. I think Valentinian III fits well here too. The story of his life and demise are quite dramatic:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But with the powerful Aetius no longer in control, the court was gripped by intrigues. With the death of Aetius, the powerful Petronius Maximus now hoped to take his place, but Heraclius prevented that, managing to persuade Valentinian III that this would be a dangerous appointment.</p><p>Angry, Maximus sought revenge. And so he found two Scythians (or Huns), called Optila and Thraustila, who whose loyalty still demanded vengeance for the murder of their master Aetius.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 16 March AD 455, Optila and Thraustila were among the guards of the imperial entourage as the emperor practised archery on the Campus Martius at Rome. Everyone was taken by surprise as Thraustila stepped forward and murdered Heraclius and Optila struck the head of Valentinian III, causing wounds from which he died.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://historycooperative.org/valentian-iii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historycooperative.org/valentian-iii/" rel="nofollow">Valentinian III | History Cooperative</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1388098[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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