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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 425815, member: 6370&quot;]Antoninus Pius is by far the BEST emperor. I think he was the one with the best head on his shoulders and the fact that so many after tried to be like him and failed miserably....he was far and away the best of the Good emperors...he stands out because he doesnt stand out for cruelty and all the crazy things he did. He DOESN&#039;T stand out because he was simply a very good administrator of the empire...this is boring to many...there is no juicy gossip. He had a high regard for life, very few people died, he did not hold treason trials, he was introspective, humble, etc... It hard to find a bad word spoken about him...maybe he drank more than he should at parties with friends. I think Marcus Aurelius was probably closest to Pius but all others who bore the name Antoninus didnt come close.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What was there to like about Gordian III? He was just a puppet? A face to put on coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also like Postumus. I think he was very important to the survival of the empire whether Gallienus would admit it or not. By breaking away and starting the Gallic Empire he could act unilaterally against the barbarians and he was a buffer between them and Rome...that and he never once attempted to take the whole empire, he only seemed to want his own little Gallic empire and was happy not to be in Rome (or maybe he was just too busy)...either way I like the picture I get when reading about him.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I like a lot of the much maligned self made emperors as well like Maximinus, Claudius II, Aurelian, or Probus. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lastly I like Julian II</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the greatest roman ever was in no way Julius Caesar (not an emperor)...it would be Gaius Marius (also pre empire)...another self made man.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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