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Thursday, January 23, 2020
"Never was the encouragement of the gods more sure..." ~ The elevation of Honorius as Co-Augustus, January 23, AD 393
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Image of Honorius from the consular diptych of Anicius Petronius Probus, AD 406. January 23 is the anniversary of the elevation of Honor...
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Eugenius takes the throne, AD 392 ~ The Really, Truly Last Pagan Emperor of Rome...Maybe
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A gold solidus of Eugenius minted at Lyon ca. AD 393. [Taken from the Dumbarton Oaks collection] On August 22, AD 392, an unlikely man...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
"Noble in person and excellent in royal manners" ~ Baptism of Desire and the suspicious death of Valentinian II
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Potrait of Valentinian II from a statue originally found in Aphrodisias. On May 15, anno domini 392, the young Western Roman Emperor Va...
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