Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7941651, member: 115909&quot;]Wow those look fantastic!! ^_^</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like the first two because they have a lot of details and a nice color. To be honest I have never been a big fan of the green patina copper coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn’t mean to imply that there was anything wrong with being 58 (or 70 for that matter) it just bugs me when I watch movies about Rome and then when they show Marcus Aurelius he looks like he is about to die from old age with white hair, a slow mind, weak and senile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t understand why they don’t just portray him as a man nearing the age of 60 but healthy, strong and with a commanding presence.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s just disappointing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do love the movie Gladiator and it will always have a special place in my heart for igniting my passion for Ancient Rome as a child.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with 300: Rise of an Empire inspiring my love of Ancient Greece. Not the original 300 about the Spartans and Thermopylae but the sequel about the Athenians, Themistocles and the Battles of Marathon and later the Battle of Salamis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both movies are highly unrealistic but they inspired me to learn about what really happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every time I hold my Athenian tetradrachm I think to myself:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Wow! This coin was minted in Athens not long after their finest hour (Persian Wars).”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in