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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2323621, member: 75525&quot;]I would go for a Roman Republican with a good story like:</p><p>[ATTACH]470105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]470106[/ATTACH] </p><p>This moneyer has been identified as the &quot;Snorer&quot;. He was called &quot;the snorer&#039; because he pretended to be asleep in order to facilitate his wife&#039;s acts of adultery. He did this when he threw parties for important men whose favors he sought. The story can be found in Lucilius. Cipius feigned sleep to avoid having to acknowledge certain actions of his wife. When a slave stole wine while Cipius was &quot;sleeping,&quot; Cipius said &#039;non omnibus dormio.&#039; (I do not feign sleep for all) </p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/cipia/cipia1.4.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/cipia/cipia1.4.txt" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/cipia/cipia1.4.txt</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or the Sabine women the Romans kidnapped to start their city, see posting by Bing.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rape-of-the-sabine-women.228808/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rape-of-the-sabine-women.228808/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rape-of-the-sabine-women.228808/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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