The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Aha! I think I've remembered - amazing what a good portion of cottage pie will do! Is it Mithridates VI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Let me expand slightly: Although this plebeian made history in mathematics, geometry presented him with considerable challenges. BTW, Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a Patrician; tsk, tsk... No. The Marcelli were plebeian. See HERE: they were the most illustrious of the plebeian branches of the Claudii. You're totally right. My bad . And I think Lady A got it right . Edited October 23, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Aha! I think I've remembered - amazing what a good portion of cottage pie will do! Is it Mithridates VI? BOOM goes the dynamite!! Mithradates VI was portrayed as wearing the lion-headed helmet or cowl of Hercules. Alexander the Great (Alexander III) believed himself to be a descendant of Heracles and Heracles reincarnated, therefore Mithradates VI saw himself as the reborn Alexander-Hercules. Statues of Mithradates VI would show hom as Hercules wearing ther lion-head helmet of Hercules too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 MPC ... now you know why I had to crop it down as much as I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 OK - this one shouldn't cause too many problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Julian the Apostate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Nope - much, much, much earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Nope - much, much, much earlier. Antoninus Pius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Lucius Verus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) No to Pius; No to Lucius Verus. Much, much, much earlier - Republican era. ETA: I should add - to be fair - that this seems to be a 'representation' of the man in question, done at a much later date. However, whenever one Googles him or reads up on him on the Internet, this image is the one nearly always used. Edited October 23, 2007 by The Augusta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 If the portrait isn't period, can you give a little more of a hint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) No to Pius; No to Lucius Verus. Much, much, much earlier - Republican era. ETA: I should add - to be fair - that this seems to be a 'representation' of the man in question, done at a much later date. However, whenever one Googles him or reads up on him on the Internet, this image is the one nearly always used. Brutus. EDIT: Lucius Junius, more pecisely. Edited October 23, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Manicus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Tarquinius Superbus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Augusta Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 If the portrait isn't period, can you give a little more of a hint? Late 3rd century/early 2nd century BC. He proved a huge help in a certain crisis! And No to A's and G-Man's guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Scipio Africanus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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