Primus Pilus Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 During the chaos and confusion of the third century A.D., amid widespread disease, famine, and barbarian invasions, a brazen upstart seizes control of a breakaway state within the Roman Empire. He proclaims himself emperor only to disappear days later, his life and story lost, save for only the briefest of remarks in two fragmentary and unreliable sources. Then, an amateur treasure hunter scanning the green fields of Oxfordshire with a metal detector chances upon a small clay pot filled with more than 5,000 ancient Roman coins. A British Museum archaeologist brushing away centuries of corrosion and carefully picking apart bronze and silver pieces, discovers one exceedingly strange coin. Among the thousands of unremarkable ones, this coin carries an unfamiliar bearded face, a perplexing name, Domitianus, and most strikingly, the three letters IMP, short for imperator, or emperor... Full article @ Archaeology.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violentilla Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 What a fascinating article! Thanks for posting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Uh so how long was his reign and which time period was he from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Uh so how long was his reign and which time period was he from? The article says AD 271. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilcar Barca Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 Fascinating, its findings like that truly put into perspective just how more there is to discover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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