To: SunkenCiv
Justinian, the greatest of the late Roman (early Byzantine) Emperors. He came within a flea of restoring the West to the Empire.
4 posted on
02/06/2009 2:33:40 AM PST by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Ran out of money doing it though. Probably would have been better off building commercial ties throughout the Med basin, and not worry too much about who ruled what.
5 posted on
02/06/2009 6:27:31 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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