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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3151110, member: 19463&quot;]You could go for Twelve significant Emperors but then you&#039;d have to argue over which ones belong and which do not.&nbsp; Maybe:</p><p>Augustus</p><p>Nero</p><p>Vespasian</p><p>Trajan</p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>Philip I</p><p>Aurelian</p><p>Diocletian</p><p>Constantine I</p><p>Constantius II</p><p>Theodosius I</p><p><br /></p><p>I said &#039;maybe&#039;.&nbsp; Suetonius has one really major point that made his book significant.&nbsp;&nbsp; It survived.&nbsp; Had all copies been lost to time as were so many other works, who would collect those twelve?&nbsp; If there were good biographies of all the emperors, which would be the top twelve?&nbsp; Then we have to ask why twelve as opposed to ten or twenty.&nbsp; Collect what you want.&nbsp; If you have read Suetonius and worship his writing, you might want them before the top guys.&nbsp; Only five, you say???</p><p>Augustus</p><p>Vespasian</p><p>Trajan</p><p>Diocletian</p><p>Constantine I</p><p>Four? Six? You choose!&nbsp; Few will agree with my choices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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