Thrax was supposed to be big and ugly and even his bust tends to support that. He was of low origin and was the first Emperor never to set foot in Rome. He was marching south into Italy to put down a rebellion where the Senate had replaced him when the Praetorian Guard turned on him, decapitated him and his son and took their heads to Rome.
And we think our politics are rough.
I’ll Have to say that is probably the single coolest Roman name I’ve ever come across
Maximinius Thrax
“...the Senate had replaced him when the Praetorian Guard turned on him, decapitated him and his son and took their heads to Rome.
And we think our politics are rough.”
Is our House going in this direction, No. 3rd?
I have to admit, that practice almost as much to recommend it as it does to, well, okay, maybe more than almost...
The first of the non-noble emperors was Vespasian, who was the first of the upwardly mobile army generals, and was final victor over a series of quickie emperors who tried to succeed Nero and each other during the “Year of Four Emperors”. Of course, there are some FReepers who look at that as the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire, which only went on for another 13 centuries or so (just not in Rome for the last thousand). ;’)