Book III is done.
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
A very nice coin from Thrace has just been added to the Gallery.
I just got in this small bronze coin of the emperor Valens. He reigned from 364 to 375 AD. He and his army were destroyed in the battle of Adrianople by the Goths, in one of the biggest roman disasters ever.
In 132 AD., Simon bar Kochba led a serious revolt against the Romans that lasted for two years. This is one of his coins.
This coin arrived yesterday. It’s a silver antoninianus of the empress Otacilia Severa. She was the wife of emperor Philip the Arab.
Just in from Jerusalem. There is a portrait of Titus on the front and on the back is Nike or Victory hanging a shield from a tree to celebrate the capture of Judea in 70 AD. Titus was the general who crushed the Jewish rebellion. He was the oldest son of emperor Vespasian and succeeded him. He was emperor when the Colosseum was finished, which had been begun by his father Vespasian. It was originally called the Flavian Amphitheater after the family name of Vespasian, Titus and Domitian, which was “Flavius”. Titus was also emperor when Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii and Herculaneum. He reigned for only a few years and was deified after he died. He was succeeded by his brother Domitian.
The Eutropius translation is seventeen percent done after two weeks time. It’s kind of weird but although I understand the text very well, it’s harder than I thought to get the meaning across in English. But I’ll keep plugging along. It should be done by late March.
Also, I have some nice coins on the way.
So stay tuned!
I just got this coin today.
Claudius was the fourth Roman emperor and was part of the “Julio-Claudian” dynasty. He was the fifth of Suetonius’ “Twelve Caesars” after Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula. He ruled from 41 to 54 AD. He succeeded Caligula after his murder and preceded Nero. He conquered Britain and it became a Roman province for four centuries. Opinion of him seems kind of mixed but I don’t think he was a bad emperor. Click on the thumbnail for a larger picture and attribution.
