Your Favourite Emperor?

[Virtus Probi Invicti]

Marcus Aurelius Probus!
I became interested in him because I was able to buy distinctive coins from his reign at relatively low prices. His hagiographic treatment in Gibbon and the Historiae Augustae (obviously related) helped cement my infatuation with him.
I firmly believe that he flew out of the iron tower before the troops could get him and is living in comfortable retirement with Alexander, Abe Lincoln, Patton, Elvis, and Joe Strummer.

[Jona Lendering]

I firmly believe that he flew out of the iron tower before the troops could get him and is living in comfortable retirement with Alexander, Abe Lincoln, Patton, Elvis, and Joe Strummer.

A nice company!

[Virtus Probi Invicti]

I firmly believe that he flew out of the iron tower before the troops could get him and is living in comfortable retirement with Alexander, Abe Lincoln, Patton, Elvis, and Joe Strummer.

A nice company!

Good fighting, good speeches, and good tunes!!

I forgot Scipio Africanus...
:oops:

[Robert Vermaat]

I forgot Scipio Africanus...

When was he emperor??

[Ceannt]

Claudius (because he was the black sheep of the family made good and top of the pile Vespasian and heres why.

1 he was a man of the people

2he knew to tell a joke 8)

and 3 he did not get himself killed after sleeping durining Nero's drama performse :wink:

P.S i think he would be fun at a night out :wink:

[Virtus Probi Invicti]

I forgot Scipio Africanus...

When was he emperor??

Right after Joe Strummer!!!
:lol:

[Nihonius Legio]

A) In which Emperor's reign would you most want to serve in the Roman army?

B) In which Emperor's reign would you most want to be a Roman civilian?

C) Which Emperor would you most want for a rich uncle (i.e., which one do you find the most personable)?

Of course, the answers don't need to be the same for all three questions.

A) Probably under Augustus as an emperor, but Julius Caesar as a ruler. If your going to be a real soldier, you want to be used. Alot of fighting in Caesar's time.

B)Under ConstantineII/Constantine the Great. Legalizing Christianity means I likely keep my head.

C)Probably Augustus. He tried to be a good moral man (though he still had issues like anyone else) and tried keeping Roman good an moral. I don't know much about the personalities of the more obscure emperors, but I do know some about Augustus and he's most people's favorite.
Julius Caesar is still my favorite Roman above all though.

I'll add some emperors I hate. Nero, Caligula, and Elagabalus. But most people hate these guys. Roman emperors stand out as good or bad so much that most people have very similar likes and dislikes.

[Nihonius Legio]

To the Scipio Africanus people, look him up and you'll see why you shouldnt pick him as a favorite emperor....

[Virtus Probi Invicti]

A) In which Emperor's reign would you most want to serve in the Roman army?

B) In which Emperor's reign would you most want to be a Roman civilian?

C) Which Emperor would you most want for a rich uncle (i.e., which one do you find the most personable)?

Of course, the answers don't need to be the same for all three questions.

A) Trajan. Lots of excitement and success, but, obviously, a good chance of getting killed, too.

B)Antoninus Pius. Because things were calm, boring, and safe (at least for the Roman era).

C)Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius. Vespasian, Trajan, and Nerva would also be good answers.

[Virtus Probi Invicti]

To the Scipio Africanus people, look him up and you'll see why you shouldnt pick him as a favorite emperor....

I was saying that I should have included Scipio in my little group of people I admired who never actually died and were living in a secret place, inspired by the persistent belief in the USA that Elvis hadn't died. Did people think that I was suggesting that Patton was a Roman emperor?
:?

I know that Scipio Africanus lived in the era of the Republic, thanks.
:roll:

[Nihonius Legio]

I saw someone else say something about him being an emperor. I don't remember who, it was yesterday.

[Aurelianus]

Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Reg. 270-275)

What a chance has been throwed away by assassinating him ........

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[Virtus Probi Invicti]

Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Reg. 270-275)

What a chance has been throwed away by assassinating him ........

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And then they come up with another good one in Marcus Aurelius Probus...only to assassinate him, too!!!!
:evil:
Either Aurelianus or Probus should have had the pleasure of invading Persia, instead of Carus...
:x