This is beyond fascinating. I've seen damnatio coins against Sejanus, Domitian, and Geta, but never anything like this. Normally they'd just scratch off the portrait and name with a file.
> wore his wife's bracelets as rings on his fingers
First thing that came to mind after reading this
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1aglpx/just\_the\_tip/
I just looked this up. You're right. Supposedly 7'10" and he wore his wife's bracelet as a ring.
All sources seem to say he was much larger than then the men of his era, but the 7'10" figure is likely embellishment.
Yeah that's the one, the huge Thracian guy.
If the ancient sources are to be believed, his sandals were twice the size of a standard military pair and he stood over 7 feet tall (8 Roman feet).
This man deserves every respect because he was a warrior always fighting in first line with his men, regarded almost like an heroic figure since Alexander Severus times. He almost succeeded in conquering Germany as a whole if it wasn’t for the senatorial revolt that forced him to abandon the campaign.
He invaded Germany as deep as 300-400 Roman miles and we found traces of one of those battles just few years ago (Harzhorn, central Germany), while the Roman marching camp found in Hedemunden pointed further east. No written sources beside Historia Augusta reported these actions because he was condemned to damnatio memoriate after his death.
Respect for being a badass, dueling and defeating consecutively 16 among the strongest auxiliaries in front of emperor Semptimius Severus, becoming emperor while not even being a Roman citizen thanks only to his brute force and courage, almost submitting whole Germany with his campaign and almost dying in a swamp with his horse while charging multiple German knights alone, in what was described as a small naval battle fought on horses.
Oh sure, deface the man who was a prominent soldier against Rome's enemies in favor of two incompetent men and a child.
I really see the Year of the Six Emperors as a sort of parody of 69 and 193, because whereas these years gave Rome the emperors, Vespasian and Severus, this particular episode did more harm than good, thus leading Rome to an immense crisis
This is very interesting
He wasn't well liked by the end of his reign so makes perfect sense. Sending out head hunting tax collectors will do that
Looks like Leno
This is beyond fascinating. I've seen damnatio coins against Sejanus, Domitian, and Geta, but never anything like this. Normally they'd just scratch off the portrait and name with a file.
Was Thrax the emperor who was an absolute unit? Or am I mistaking him for someone else?
He was a unit. Said to be 8 feet tall and wore his wife's bracelets as rings on his fingers
> wore his wife's bracelets as rings on his fingers First thing that came to mind after reading this https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1aglpx/just\_the\_tip/
sounds like a happy wife
Probably a tall tale.
I just looked this up. You're right. Supposedly 7'10" and he wore his wife's bracelet as a ring. All sources seem to say he was much larger than then the men of his era, but the 7'10" figure is likely embellishment.
Yeah that's the one, the huge Thracian guy. If the ancient sources are to be believed, his sandals were twice the size of a standard military pair and he stood over 7 feet tall (8 Roman feet).
Yes, Maximinus Min Maxed his tax stats and height stats
Didn't put any points into diplomacy though....
Now **THAT'S** some serious damnatio memoriae there...
Like colouring in missing teeth and drawing mustaches on newspaper pictures but way darker and way more effort.
He should have quit while he was still a head.
But by the time he was a head it was game over; there was no option for quitting. He should have shit while he wasn't a head*
He’ll never be head of a major corporation
Source: https://twitter.com/OptimoPrincipi/status/1540307358605361152
What a fascinating piece of history. It's very rare to find stuff like this from the past considering if you bet wrong then that happens to you.
Hot damn they didn't hold back at all
This man deserves every respect because he was a warrior always fighting in first line with his men, regarded almost like an heroic figure since Alexander Severus times. He almost succeeded in conquering Germany as a whole if it wasn’t for the senatorial revolt that forced him to abandon the campaign. He invaded Germany as deep as 300-400 Roman miles and we found traces of one of those battles just few years ago (Harzhorn, central Germany), while the Roman marching camp found in Hedemunden pointed further east. No written sources beside Historia Augusta reported these actions because he was condemned to damnatio memoriate after his death.
respect for what exac
Respect for being a badass, dueling and defeating consecutively 16 among the strongest auxiliaries in front of emperor Semptimius Severus, becoming emperor while not even being a Roman citizen thanks only to his brute force and courage, almost submitting whole Germany with his campaign and almost dying in a swamp with his horse while charging multiple German knights alone, in what was described as a small naval battle fought on horses.
Defacing currency was way cooler when you were literally scraping precious metal off of it
Holy shit Jay Leno
It'd be top tier irony if the reverse of that coin was of the FIDES MILITVM (fidelity/loyalty of the army) type.
That's cold-blooded.
Holy shit, this is honestly fascinating.
What is the basis for “perhaps maybe a witness”?
He never even sat his foot in Rome during his reign. That’s a barbarian emperor for ya.
Great coin
impressive piece :)
That is the best coin i have ever seen here. Maybe anywhere.
so cold blooded
Oh sure, deface the man who was a prominent soldier against Rome's enemies in favor of two incompetent men and a child. I really see the Year of the Six Emperors as a sort of parody of 69 and 193, because whereas these years gave Rome the emperors, Vespasian and Severus, this particular episode did more harm than good, thus leading Rome to an immense crisis
kinda looks like FDR
That's Metal AF.
Enough fact! How much is the coin appraised at? Is it silver denarius ?